[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 37441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13305]


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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. 2000-01

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 25, 2002, 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. 2000-01: ``Effective Methods and Lessons 
Learned for Exploration & Production Waste Treatment'' 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 ChevronTexaco Energy Research and Technology Company, 
Richmond, CA; ExxonMobil Production Company, Houston, TX; Phillips 
Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK; and Unocal, Brea, CA. The nature 
and objectives of the venture are, through cooperative research 
efforts, to identify, develop and/or improve methods for waste 
management considering both biological and non-biological methods, 
disposal options, selecting methods for international locations, 
sharing lessons learned from implementing technologies at specific 
sites including remote locations.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 02-13305 Filed 5-28-02; 8:45 am]
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