[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 53 (Friday, March 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 13605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6688]


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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 Project 
No. 97-07 ``Basic Principles and Control of Crude Oil Emulsion 
Formation--Part 4''

    Notice is hereby given that, 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 
Project No. 97-07 ``Basic Principles and Control of Crude Oil Emulsion 
Formation--Part 4'' has filed written notifications with the Attorney 
General on February 3, 1998 and the Federal Trade Commission on 
November 17, 1998 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 ARCO Petroleum Production Company, Anaheim, CA; BP 
America, Inc., Cleveland, OH; Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, La 
Habra, CA; Exxon Research & Engineering Company, Florham Park, NJ; 
Mobile Technology Company, Paulsboro, NJ; Nalco/Exxon Energy Chemicals, 
L.P., Sugar Land, TX; Texaco Group, Inc., Houston, TX; and Shell Oil 
Products Company, for itself and as an agent for Shell Oil Company, 
Houston, TX. The nature and objectives of the venture are to develop a 
fundamental understanding of the factors causing formation of stable 
crude oil/water emulsions, and methods for destabilizing them.
    Participation in this project will remain open to interested 
persons and organizations until issuance of the final Project Report, 
which is presently anticipated to occur approximately eighteen (18) 
months after the date of publication of this Notice. The Participants 
intend to file additional written notification(s) disclosing all 
changes in membership of the group of participants in this Project. 
Information regarding participation in the Project may be obtained from 
Ms. Sheila Dubey, Shell Oil Products Company, Westhollow Technology 
Center, PO Box 1380, Houston, TX 77251-1380.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-6688 Filed 3-18-99; 8:45 am]
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