DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,426

ENERVEST EMPLOYEE SERVICES, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF ENERVEST, LTD.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
PRIMORIS ENERGY SERVICES
SONORA, TEXAS

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 November 17, 2016 by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of EnerVest Employee Services, LLC, a subsidiary of
EnerVest, Ltd., including on-site leased workers from Primoris
Energy Services, Sonora, Texas (EnerVest Employee Services,
LLC). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of oil and gas (in raw form).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, 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 EnerVest Employee
Services, LLC 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 EnerVest
Employee Services, LLC sales and/or production have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with those produced by
EnerVest Employee Services, LLC have increased during the
relevant period as compared to the representative base period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
EnerVest Employee Services, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of EnerVest Employee
Services, LLC, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of oil and gas (in raw form), 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 EnerVest Employee Services, LLC, a
subsidiary of EnerVest, Ltd., including on-site leased
workers from Primoris Energy Services, Sonora, Texas, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 16, 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 9th day of February 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance