[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26054]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Gas Utilization Research Forum (GURF) Project 
No. 3

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 20, 1998, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperation Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Gas Utilization Research Forum 
(GURF) Project No. 3, titled ``Floating LNG Production Vessel Study'' 
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 Amoco Production Co., Houston, 
TX; BG plc Research and Technology, Leicestershire, LE11 3GR, ENGLAND; 
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited, Middlesex, TW16 7LN, UNITED 
KINGDOM; Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, San Ramon, CA; Conoco 
Inc., Houston, TX; Gaz de France, Nantes Cedex 1, FRANCE; Statoil, N-
7005 Trondheim, NORWAY; and VICO Enterprises, Inc., Houston, TX. The 
purpose of the venture is to investigate the economic and technical 
feasibility of establishing a vessel as a floating LNG facility 
designed to liquefy and export approximately 500 million standard cubic 
feet of liquefied natural gas per day. The general objectives of the 
venture are to evaluate the possible liquefaction processes for use on 
a vessel, develop a preliminary production vessel configuration and 
definition of both a steel hull and a concrete hull vessel; a concept 
safety assessment; and preliminary capital and preliminary operating 
cost estimates for the production vessel.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-26054 Filed 9-28-98; 8:45 am]
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