Schlumberger Oil Rigs Rife With Sexual Harassment, Suit Says (2)

Women who work on male-dominated rigs for Schlumberger Technology Corp. face systematic harassment and abuse from their male colleagues and when they complain are told it’s just “oil field talk,” a lawsuit filed in Houston federal court alleges.

The lawsuit seeks class action status to show a pattern at rigs operated by the Houston-based oil and gas giant in which women are sexually harassed, groped, and labeled with offensive terms, according to the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The women share living quarters with the men on the oil rigs, which employ ...