[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1917]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Petroleum Environmental Research Forum 
(``PERF'') Project 95-11

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 2, 1997, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Petroleum Environmental 
Research Forum (``PERF'') Project 95-11, titled ``Advanced NDE for 
Acoustic Emission Interpretation'', 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: 
Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Florham Park, NJ; Shell Oil 
Company, Houston, TX; Aramco Services Company, Houston, TX; Chevron 
Research and Technology Company, Richmond, CA; Mobil Technology 
Company, Paulsboro, TX; and BP International Place, Sunbury-on-Thames, 
Middlesex TW167LN United Kingdom. The nature and objective of the 
research program is to deliver software and/or protocols to permit 
reliable use of AEI for onstream applications.
    Participation in this venture will remain open to all interested 
persons and organizations until the final Project Completion Date which 
is presently anticipated to occur approximately twenty-one months after 
the project commences. Also the parties intend to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership. Information 
about participating in Project 95-11 may be obtained by contacting 
Emery B. Lendvai-Lintner, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, P.O. 
Box 101, Florham Park, NJ 07932-0101.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-1917 Filed 1-26-98; 8:45 am]
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