DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,048

SANDRIDGE OPERATING COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF SANDRIDGE ENERGY, INC.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 25, 2016 on behalf of workers of SandRidge
Operating Company, a subsidiary of SandRidge Energy, Inc.,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (SandRidge Operating Company). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of crude petroleum, natural gas, and natural gas liquids.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, the United
States Energy Information Administration, and the subject firm's
major declining customers.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in SandRidge Operating
Company have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because SandRidge
Operating Company sales/production have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by SandRidge Operating Company have increased
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because increased
imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at SandRidge
Operating Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SandRidge Operating
Company, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of crude petroleum, natural gas and natural gas liquids meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of SandRidge Operating Company, a subsidiary
of SandRidge Energy, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 22, 2015, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 24th day of October 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance