DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,906

BAKER HUGHES INC.
NORTH AMERICA OFFSHORE DIVISION
HOUSTON, 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 May 23, 2017 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Baker Hughes Inc., North America Offshore
division, Houston, Texas ("Baker Hughes Inc."). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of oil
and natural gas. The workers the subject of the investigation
supply sales and engineering services in support of the firm's
oil field services activities. In accordance with Sec. 222 of
the Trade Act of 1974, "Any firm, or appropriate subdivision
of a firm, that engages in exploration or drilling for oil or
natural gas shall be considered to be a firm producing oil or
natural gas. Any firm, or appropriate subdivision of a firm,
that engages in exploration or drilling for oil or natural
gas, or otherwise produces oil or natural gas, shall be
considered to be producing articles directly competitive with
imports of oil and with imports of natural gas. (19 U.S.C. §
2272(c)2).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the
United States Energy Information Administration.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of oil field services by Baker Hughes Inc.
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
U.S. imports of crude oil increased relative to U.S.
production of crude oil.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate U.S. imports of crude oil contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Baker Hughes Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Baker Hughes Inc.,
North America Offshore division, Houston, Texas, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of oil and
natural gas 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 Baker Hughes Inc., North America Offshore
division, Houston, Texas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 22, 2016 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 29th day of November 2017.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance