HomeLocalPonca PostFOLLOWING-Smith Bits Moving To TexasFOLLOWING-Smith Bits Moving To TexasTue, October 4, 2016 by Lyman JamesSHARE NOW From Staff ReportsSOURCES SAY SMITH BITS, A SCHLUMBERGER COMPANY, HELD A COMPANY WIDE MEETING TODAY AT THE MARLAND MANSION IN PONCA CITY, WHERE IT WAS ANNOUNCED THEY WILL BE MOVING TO HOUSTON BY THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.WHILE THERE ARE NO OFFICIAL RELEASES CONCERNING THE ACTION AS OF YET, SOME SOCIAL MEDIA SITES ARE CLAIMING THAT ‘Everybody has a job until January 2, 2017. Some will be offered jobs in Houston. The rest will be offered some sort of package. Machines to start moving first of the year. All of them gone by end of 2017’.REPORTS INDICATE ROUGHLY 300 PEOPLE WOULD BE AFFECTED.THIS IS ALL WE HAVE AT THIS TIME, AND THERE ARE NO PRESS RELEASES ON THEIR CORPORATE WEBSITE, S-L-B DOT COM, AS OF THE TIME OF THIS PUBLISHING. STAY TUNED.www.slb.com