[Federal Register: November 15, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 219)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-36,577]

 
Statoil Exploration (US) Inc. Houston, TX; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reopening

    By letter of October 5, 1999, the petitioner presented evidence not 
previously considered in the Department's determination. Accordingly, 
the Department reopened the petition investigation applicable to 
workers of the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on September 7, 1999, based on the finding that workers of 
Statoil Exploration (US), Inc., Houston, Texas, were not engaged in 
exploration or production of crude oil and natural gas for U.S. 
customers. The denial notice was published in the Federal Register on 
October 14, 1999 (64 FR 55750).
    On reopening, an official of Statoil provided additional 
information regarding revenues, employment and customers of the subject 
firm. Revenues at the subject firm derived from the exploration for 
crude oil and natural gas have declined since 1997. The level of 
employment remained unchanged from 1997 to 1998, but declined in 1999. 
Other new findings on reopening revealed that although the workers at 
the subject firm worked offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, the customers 
of the subject firm were domestic. Many of the subject firm's declining 
customers engaged in the production of crude oil have been certified 
eligible for FAA in the relevant time period.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on reopening, 
I conclude that increased imports of crude oil contributed importantly 
to the declines in sales or production and to the total or partial 
separation of workers of Statoil Exploration (US), Inc., Houston, 
Texas. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the 
following certification:

    All workers of Statoil Exploration (US), Inc., Houston, Texas, 
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or 
after July 7, 1998 through two years from the date of this 
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under 
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 4th day of November 1999.
Grant D. Beale,
Program Manager, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 99-29700 Filed 11-12-99; 8:45 am]
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