[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 54155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20249]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Southwest Research Institute: Validation of a 
Methodology for Assessing Defect Tolerance of Welded Reeled Risers

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 12, 2004, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Southwest Research 
Institute (``SwRI[reg]'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to this project 
and (2) the nature and objectives of a venture titled ``Validation of a 
Methodology for Assessing Defect Tolerance of Welded Reeled Risers.'' 
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 Texaco Exploration and 
and Production Technology Company, San Ramon, CA; ExxonMobil 
Development Company, Houston, TX; and Shell International Exploration & 
Production, Inc., Houston, TX. The nature and objectives of the venture 
are to validate the EPFM predictions of ductile tearing and tear-
fatigue of pre-existing surface defects, as calculated by FlawPro \TM\, 
using full-scale pipes subjected to strain excursions representative of 
pipe reeling and straightening and to assess the influence of reeling 
strains on fatigue in sweet and sour environments, as well as validate 
FlawPro \TM\'s predictions of fatigue performance in these service 
environments. SwRI originally developed FlawPro \TM\ computer software 
for analysis of reeled pipe in October 2002.
    Membership in this research project group remains open, and the 
participants intend to file additional written notification disclosing 
all changes in membership or planned activities.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-20249 Filed 9-3-04; 8:45 am]
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