[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 52745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20407]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation 
(``POSC'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 10, 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''), Petrotechnical Open Software 
Corporation (``POSC'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in its membership status. The notifications were filed for the 
purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of 
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Specifically, Petrolink, Houston, TX; Paradigm Geophysical Ltd., 
Houston, TX; Pioneer Natural Resources, Irving, TX; and OFS Protal LLC, 
Houston, TX have been added as parties to this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership of planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and Petrotechnical Open Software 
Corporation (``POSC'') intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On January 12, 1991, Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation 
(``POSC'') filed its original notification pursuant to Section 6(a) of 
the Act, The Department of Justice published a notice in Federal 
Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on February 7, 1991 (56 FR 
5021).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on March 14, 
2002. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on April 18, 2002 (67 FR 19253).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 02-20407 Filed 8-12-02; 8:45 am]
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