[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-675]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Gas Research Institute Through-Casing 
Resistivity Logging Research Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 9, 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''), Gas Research Institute 
Through-Casing Resistivity Logging Research Consortium has 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: Gas Research Institute, Chicago, IL; Conoco, Inc., 
Ponca City, OK; Texaco, Inc., Bellaire, TX; Phillips Petroleum Company, 
Bartlesville, OK; Mobil E&P U.S., Midland, TX; Chevron Petroleum 
Technology Company, La Habra, CA; BP Exploration Operating Company 
Limited, Middlesex TW167LN, United Kingdom; Shell E&P Technology 
Company, Houston, TX; and ARCO Exploration & Production, Plano, TX.
    The purpose of the Consortium is to fund a research project to 
develop interpretation techniqu4es for Through-Casing Resistivity 
Logging by testing the current research device, sponsoring laboratory 
or theoretical research or any other activity associated with Through-
Casing Resistivity.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-675 Filed 1-10-97; 8:45 am]
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