[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 48736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20151]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Co2 Capture Project

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 22, 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''), BP Amoco Corporation 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 BP Amoco Corporation, Anchorage, AK; Chevron Petroleum 
Technology Company, Houston, TX; Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap As, 
Trondheim, NORWAY; Norsk Hydro Asa, Oslo, NORWAY; Shell International 
Exploration & Production Inc., Houston, TX; Suncor Energy (Cyprus) 
Limited, Nicosia, CYPRUS and Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY. The nature 
and objectives of the venture are to: (1) Develop low cost next 
generation technology which achieves the ability to capture and 
geologically sequester CO2 from industrial turbines, 
boilers, heaters, and power generation systems which emit 
CO2; (2) determine the key principles and practices to 
maximize the volume of CO2 which can be safely sequestered 
in geologic formations; (3) develop procedures and guidelines to 
monitor and verify storage of CO2 in geologic formations and 
(4) identify and recommend policies and incentives which may enhance 
economic viability of CO2 capture and sequestration schemes.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-20151 Filed 8-8-00; 8:45 am]
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