[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 87 (Friday, May 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 26583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10802]


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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 Evaluation of 
Distributed Leak Detection Systems--Performance Testing

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 6, 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 Evaluation of Distributed Leak Detection 
Systems--Performance Testing (``LDS-PT'') 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: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co., Houston, TX; and 
Shell Exploration & Production Co., Houston, TX. The general area of 
LDS-PT's planned activity is to determine the applicability of using 
various fiber-optic-based leak detection systems for offshore 
pipelines. Laboratory testing of distributed temperature and 
distributed acoustic systems will be performed to establish their 
sensitivity over a range of conditions.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-10802 Filed 5-3-12; 8:45 am]
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