[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 62570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25206]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Marine Well Containment Venture

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 18, 2010, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Marine Well Containment 
Venture (``MWCV'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with 
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) 
the identities and nationalities of the parties to the production 
venture and any person who controls a party 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 USA, Inc., Houston, TX; ConocoPhillips Co., 
Houston, TX; ExxonMobil Development Co., Houston, TX; and Shell 
Offshore Inc., Houston, TX. The general area of MWCV's planned activity 
is (i) to design, produce (assemble and/or construct), operate, 
maintain, and own a system to provide emergency hydrocarbon well 
containment and related non-emergency services in the Gulf of Mexico 
and potentially in other regions; and (ii) to perform and sponsor 
related research and development activities.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-25206 Filed 10-8-10; 8:45 am]
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