[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 93 (Friday, May 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 30611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12043]


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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

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 21, 1999, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Exxon Research & 
Engineering Company (``ER&E'') 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; Phillips 
Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK; Sunoco, Inc., Philadelphia, PA; 
Mobil Technology Company, Paulsboro, NJ; Conoco, Inc., Ponca City, OK; 
CITGO, Corpus Christi, TX; and BP-Amoco Oil International, Ltd., 
Middlesex, United Kingdom. The nature an objectives of the venture are 
the development of guidelines for carbon steel metallurgy and welding 
procedures for HF alkylations plants. Participation in this project 
will remain open until issuance of the final project report. The 
participants intend to file additional written notifications disclosing 
all changes in membership.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-12043 Filed 5-11-00; 8:45 am]
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