[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 110 (Friday, June 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 31855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2854]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Advanced Energy Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 30, 2007, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Advanced Energy Consortium 
(``AEC'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
identities of the parties to the venture 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 identifies of the parties 
to the venture are: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; BP 
America Inc., Houston, TX; ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX; 
Marathon Oil Company, Houston, TX; Occidental Oil & Gas Corporation, 
Houston, TX; Shell International E & P Inc., Houston, TX; Schlumberger 
Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX; and Halliburton Energy 
Services, Inc., Houston, TX. The AEC wa formed by a written agreement 
effective as of January 1, 2007, to engage in research concerning 
subsurface microsensors, nanosensors and nonomaterials to benefit the 
exploration and production function of the petroleum industry. The AEC 
will not engage in production or sales activities. Participation in the 
venture is open to other companies (subject to the numerical limit on 
participants as set from time to time by the Board of Management of the 
venture) who meet the qualifications and receive the approvals 
specified in the written agreement.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 07-2854 Filed 6-7-07; 8:45 am]
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