DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,428

SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF SCHLUMBERGER
PONCA 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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 18, 2016 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Smith International, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary
of Schlumberger, Ponca City, Oklahoma (herein referred to as
"Smith International-Ponca City"). The workers of Smith
International-Ponca City are engaged in activities related to
the production of drill bits, pad assemblies, and motor
components for drilling machines used in crude oil and natural
gas exploration. The workers are not separately identifiable
by article produced. The subject worker group does not include
any on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Smith International-Ponca
City have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the drill bits, pad
assemblies, and motor components produced by the subject workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Smith International-Ponca City.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Smith International,
Inc., Ponca City, Oklahoma, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of drill bits, pad assemblies, and
motor components for drilling machines used in crude oil and
natural gas exploration, 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 Smith International, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Schlumberger, Ponca City, Oklahoma, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 17, 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 2nd day of March 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance