[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27560-27561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12686]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Petroleum Environmental Research Forum--Project 
No. 93-08

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 15, 1995, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Participants in the 
Petroleum Environmental Research Forum (``PERF'') Project No. 93-08, 
titled ``Environmentally Acceptable Thread Compounds'', have filed 
written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the 
Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties 
and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. The notifications 
were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting 
the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of 
the parties are Mobil Research and Development Corporation, Dallas, 
Texas; Siderca S.A.I.C., Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA; Texaco Inc., 
Bellaire, Texas; and U.S. Steel Group, Fairfield, Alabama. The general 
area of planned activity is to investigate and evaluate the behavior 
and acceptability of certain candidate environmentally acceptable 
alternative line pipe, casing and tubing (LP-C&T) thread compounds on 
full-size API tubing. Research and development work required in 
furtherance of PERF Project No. 93-08 is to be carried out by Centre 
For Frontier Engineering Research.
    Participation in this Project will remain open to any and all 
interested parties until issuance of the final Project Report, which is 
presently expected to occur approximately Six (6) months after the 
Project commences. The participants intend to file additional written 
notifications disclosing all changes in membership of the group of 
participants involved in this Project. Information regarding 
participation in the Project may be obtained from Mobil Research and 
Development Corporation, [[Page 27561]] P.O. Box 650232, Dallas, Texas 
75265-0232, attention Mr. Thomas E. Becker.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-12686 Filed 5-23-95; 8:45 am]
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