[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11196-11197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6570]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Office of Fossil Energy; International Centre for Gas Technology 
Information Gas Technology Marketplace

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: The DOE and the International Centre for Gas Technology 
Information (ICGTI) in accordance with its mission to increase the rate 
of technological innovation for the global gas industry, invites all 
interested parties with expertise in natural gas technologies to 
participate in ICGTI's Gas Technology Marketplace on GTI Online. GTI 
Online is the information exchange system of ICGTI that operates on the 
Internet's World Wide Web service network. Gas Technology Marketplace 
users on GTI Online have the opportunity to detail their natural gas 
expertise in order to accelerate natural gas technology transfer around 
the world.

DATES: ICGTI Gas Technology Marketplace submissions, and any inquiries 
regarding the GTI Online, should be sent to the address below. 
Submissions for the Gas Technology Marketplace should be filed by June 
17, 1996. Christopher J. Freitas, Office of Fossil Energy, US 
Department of Energy, FE-32, Room 3E-028, Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Ave. SW., Washington, D.C. 20585, Phone: (202) 586-1657, 
FAX: (202) 586-6221.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ICGTI officially began in April 1995 and 
is the most recent International Energy Agency (IEA) technology 
information center. The members include Denmark, Japan, Portugal, 
Spain, Russia, the USA, and one corporate sponsor, Columbia Gas System. 
The ICGTI is chartered to serve as the international focal point 
through which natural gas technology information dissemination and 
collaboration can take place. The primary mission of the ICGTI is to 
increase the rate of technological innovation for the global gas 
industry by providing an international forum for information exchange 
and collaboration.


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    ICGTI is using the World Wide Web (WWW) on the Internet as its 
primary means to accomplish this technology and information transfer. 
ICGTI has developed and is operating the GTI Online. GTI Online will 
provide access to detailed technical abstracts and data on natural gas-
related technologies. GTI Online is located at URL address:http://
www.gasinfo.dk/gasinfo/.
    Companies interested in being listed in the Gas Technology 
Marketplace on GTI Online should prepare a one to ten page summary 
about their company and its gas-related technologies. The text should 
be on diskette in Microsoft Word or TXT format. Company logo and 
graphics, including diagrams and pictures related to the gas 
technologies, should be included on the diskette in GIF format if 
possible, but are acceptable in paper copy. Please clearly specify each 
graphic with corresponding text. Please also include information 
related to the company's World Wide Web address if applicable.
    DOE Policy Overview: This initiative is consistent with the 
Department's efforts to encourage exports for the US energy industry.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. March 4, 1996.
Patricia Fry Godley,
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 96-6570 Filed 3-18-96; 8:45 am]
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