[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 51 (Thursday, March 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 15395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6282]



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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 Mechanical 
Stratigraphy and Natural Deformation in Eagle Ford Formation and 
Equivalent Boquillas Formation, South-Central and West Texas

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 23, 2012, 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--Cooperative Research Group on Mechanical Stratigraphy and 
Natural Deformation in Eagle Ford Formation and Equivalent Boquillas 
Formation, South-Central and West Texas (``Eagle Ford'') 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: Hess Corporation, Houston, TX; Chesapeake Energy 
Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK; Newfield Exploration Co., The 
Woodlands, TX; and ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX. The general 
area of Eagle Ford's planned activity is to understand mechanical 
stratigraphy and natural deformation in Eagle Ford Formation and 
equivalent Boquillas Formation in South-Central and West Texas.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-6282 Filed 3-14-12; 8:45 am]
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