DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
SCHLUMBERGER OILFIELD SERVICES
TA-W-41,367
LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA

TA-W-41,367A
NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA

AND
TA-W-41,367B
HOUMA, LOUISIANA


Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on April 22, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at
Schlumberger Oilfield Services, Lafayette, New Iberia and Houma,
Louisiana.
The workers provide a variety of services to the corporation
in the administration offices of Schlumberger Oilfield Services.
The investigation revealed that the workers of Schlumberger
Oilfield Services, Lafayette, New Iberia and Houma, Louisiana do
not produce an article within the meaning of Section 222(3) of the
Act. The Department of Labor has consistently determined that the
performance of services does not constitute production of an
article, as required by Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, and
this determination has been upheld in the U. S. Court of Appeals.
Therefore, workers of Schlumberger Oilfield Services,
Lafayette, New Iberia and Houma, Louisiana may be certified only if
their separation was caused importantly by a reduced demand for
their services from a parent firm, a firm otherwise related to the
subject firm by ownership, or a firm related by control. In any
case, the reduction in demand for services must originate at a
production facility whose workers independently meet the statutory
criteria for certification and the reduction must directly relate
to the product impacted by imports. These conditions have not been
met for workers at Schlumberger Oilfield Services, Lafayette, New
Iberia and Houma, Louisiana.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Schlumberger Oilfield Services, Lafayette, New Iberia and Houma,
Louisiana who were engaged in providing a service are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 6th day of August, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance