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Did you work with Smith International Drill Bits, Downhole Tools, Drilling-Equipment Components? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Smith International Drill Bits, Downhole Tools, Drilling-Equipment Components, sold from 1937 until 2010 (Smith International); successor Schlumberger; asbestos era through the 1980s. Smith International was a major U.S. manufacturer of oilfield drill bits, downhole tools, and drilling-equipment components through the asbestos era. Plaintiffs allege Smith International drilling equipment was specified with asbestos gaskets, packing, and brake-block material. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, this product allegedly contained the following: asbestos gaskets and packing on drilling equipment; asbestos brake-block material on rotary drilling machinery. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Oilfield drilling crews, Drilling rig hands, and Oilfield mechanics. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Smith International Drill Bits, Downhole Tools, Drilling-Equipment Components and were later diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease, you may have a legal claim against the manufacturer. This is educational information from an independent publisher — not a law firm — and is not legal advice.
Product Description
Smith International, Inc. (founded 1937, headquartered Houston TX; acquired by Schlumberger 2010) was through the second half of the 20th century one of the major U.S. manufacturers of oilfield rotary drill bits, downhole tools, and drilling-equipment components — competing with Hughes Tool and Reed Rock Bit for the U.S. and global oilfield drill-bit market.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Smith International drilling equipment was specified through the asbestos era with asbestos gaskets and packing on drill-bit and downhole-tool assemblies, and asbestos brake-block material on rotary drilling machinery components.
Smith International / Schlumberger has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Oilfield drilling crews
- Drilling rig hands servicing Smith International drill bits and downhole tools
- Oilfield mechanics at drilling-rig service facilities
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