[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62870-62871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5566]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Cooperative Research Group on Integrated 
Investigations of Faulting in Carbonate Strata

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 10, 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''), Southwest Research 
Institute (``SwRI''): Cooperative Research Group on Integrated 
Investigation of Faulting in Carbonate Strata 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 identities of the parties 
to the venture are: Chevron Energy Technology Co., San Ramon, CA; 
ConocoPhillips Co., Houston, TX; ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co., 
Houston, TX; and Shell International Exploration & Production, Inc., 
Houston, TX. The general area of Cooperative Research Group on 
Integrated Investigation of Faulting in Carbonate Strata planned 
activity is to characterize the deformation features that develop in 
faulted carbonate rocks to provide analog information for understanding 
faulted carbonate hydrocarbon reservoirs. This

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investigation is being conducted in an area where faults serve as both 
barriers and conduits for groundwater movement. Characterization of the 
faulted field exposures will include stratigraphic, lithologic, 
structural, hydrologic and geomechanical investigations. Quantitative 
deformation analysis will be performed through a combination of field- 
and laboratory-based analysis.
    Membership in this research group remains open, and the 
participants intend to file additional written notification disclosing 
all changes in membership or planned activities.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5566 Filed 11-06-07; 8:45 am]
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