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April 20, 2015 By SEO Admin

Driller Patterson-UTI to pay $14.5 million to settle EEOC discrimination suit, other claims

A federal judge in Denver has signed off on an agreement under which Patterson-UTI Drilling Co. LLC, a North American oil and gas drilling company, will pay $14.5 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging a pattern of discrimination on its drilling rigs.

The suit was filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The settlement also will resolve several other cases via conciliation agreements, the EEOC said Monday.

The company is a subsidiary of Houston-based Patterson-UTI Energy…