[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 38597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15599]


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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'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 4, 2000, 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 No. 98-04, titled, ``Understanding, 
Predicting and Treating Water Soluble Organic Contaminants in Produced 
Water Discharges'', 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 Chevron Research and 
Technology Company, Richmond, CA; Den Norske Stats Oljese Skap a.s., 
Trondheim, Norway; Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, OK; and Shell 
International Exploration and Production, Inc., Houston, TX. The nature 
and objectives of the venture are to compile research projects directed 
to develop, apply and transfer technology and information which will 
assist in understanding, predicting and treating water soluble organic 
contaminants in produced water discharges.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-15599 Filed 6-20-00; 8:45 am]
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