[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 56971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28340]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Gas Utilization Research Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 23, 1996, 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 
Supplemental Study, titled ``LNG Floating Production, Storage and 
Offloading Facility Study'', performed as an extension to the Gas 
Utilization Research Forum (``GURF'') Project No. 2, has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to the 
Supplemental Study and (2) the purpose and objectives of the 
Supplemental Study. The notifications were filed for the purpose of 
extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Specifically, the parties to the Supplemental Study and GURF Project 
No. 2 are: Amoco Production Company, Houston, TX; Chevron Research and 
Technology Company, Richmond, CA; Gaz de France, Research Division, 
Nantes Cedex 01, FRANCE; Mobil Technology Company, Dallas, TX; and 
Texaco Natural Gas International, Houston, TX. The contemplated 
research and development work for the Supplemental Study is to be 
carried out under contract with the foregoing Participants by M.W. 
Kellogg Company, 601 Jefferson Avenue, Houston, TX 77002. The purpose 
of the Supplemental Study is to investigate the feasibility of 
establishing a vessel as a floating LNG facility designed to liquefy 
and export approximately one hundred twenty to one hundred forty (120-
140) million standard cubic feet of liquefied natural gas per day. The 
objectives of the Supplemental Study are to select a low cost plant and 
determine the preferred liquefaction process and vessel configuration, 
and then to develop a preliminary production vessel description and 
definition; a conceptual design basis for the production vessel, e.g., 
capacity, equipment layout, feed gas, etc.; and a preliminary capital 
and preliminary operating cost estimate for the production vessel.
    The Participants intend to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in the membership of the group of Participants 
involved in this Supplemental Study.
    Information on the Supplemental Study may be obtained from Robert 
J. Motal, Chevron Research and Technology Company, 100 Chevron Way, 
#50-4314, Richmond, CA 94802-0627.
    On May 15, 1995, GURF filed its original notification pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a notice 
in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on June 20, 
1995 (60 FR 32170).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-28340 Filed 11-4-96; 8:45 am]
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