[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1801]



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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. 95-02

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 30, 1995, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301, et seq. (``the Act''), the participants in the 
Petroleum Environmental Research Forum (``PERF'') Project No. 95-02, 
titled ``Basic Principles and Control of Crude Oil Emulsion Formation-
Part 3,'' have filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and with the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) 
the identities of the parties of PERF Project No. 95-02 and (2) the 
nature and objectives of the research program to be performed in 
accordance with the Project. 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 identifies of the current 
parties participating in PERF Project No. 95-02 are: ARCO Petroleum 
Production Company, Anaheim, CA; BP America, Inc., Cleveland, OH; 
Chevron Petroleum Company, La Habra, CA; Exxon Research & Engineering 
Company, Florham Park, NJ; and Shell Oil Products Company, for itself 
and as agent for Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX. Research and 
development work required in furtherance of the Project is to be 
carried out by North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, under 
contract with the above participants.
    The nature and objective of the research program performed in 
accordance with PERF Project No. 95-02 is to develop a fundamental 
understanding of the factors causing formations of stable crude oil/
water emulsions, and the methods for destabilizing them.
    Participation in this Project will remain open to interested 
persons and organizations until issuance of the final Project Report, 
which is presently anticipated to occur approximately twenty-four (24) 
months after the date of publication of this Notice. The Participants 
intend to file additional notification(s) disclosing all changes in 
membership in this Project.
    Information about participation in Petroleum Environmental Research 
Forum (``PERF'') Project No. 95-02 may be obtained from Ms. Catherine 
Peddie, Shell Oil Products Company, Houston, TX.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-1801 Filed 1-30-96; 8:45 am]
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