[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 13782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5484]


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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 No. 99-05

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 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. 99-05 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 Chemical Company, Alvin, TX; Berwanger, Inc., 
Houston, TX; Anderson Greenwood Crosby, Stafford, TX; Dresser Equipment 
Group, Inc., Alexandria, LA; ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, 
Fairfax, VA; Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX; and Texaco Inc., Bellaire, 
TX.
    The nature and objectives of the venture are to conduct a joint 
research project to evaluate the stability of pressure relief devices.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-5484 Filed 3-6-01; 8:45 am]
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