[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1801]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993; Petroleum Environmental Research Forum Project
No. 95-02
Notice is hereby given that, on November 30, 1995, pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301, et seq. (``the Act''), the participants in the
Petroleum Environmental Research Forum (``PERF'') Project No. 95-02,
titled ``Basic Principles and Control of Crude Oil Emulsion Formation-
Part 3,'' have filed written notifications simultaneously with the
Attorney General and with the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1)
the identities of the parties of PERF Project No. 95-02 and (2) the
nature and objectives of the research program to be performed in
accordance with the Project. 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 current
parties participating in PERF Project No. 95-02 are: ARCO Petroleum
Production Company, Anaheim, CA; BP America, Inc., Cleveland, OH;
Chevron Petroleum Company, La Habra, CA; Exxon Research & Engineering
Company, Florham Park, NJ; and Shell Oil Products Company, for itself
and as agent for Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX. Research and
development work required in furtherance of the Project is to be
carried out by North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, under
contract with the above participants.
The nature and objective of the research program performed in
accordance with PERF Project No. 95-02 is to develop a fundamental
understanding of the factors causing formations of stable crude oil/
water emulsions, and the methods for destabilizing them.
Participation in this Project will remain open to interested
persons and organizations until issuance of the final Project Report,
which is presently anticipated to occur approximately twenty-four (24)
months after the date of publication of this Notice. The Participants
intend to file additional notification(s) disclosing all changes in
membership in this Project.
Information about participation in Petroleum Environmental Research
Forum (``PERF'') Project No. 95-02 may be obtained from Ms. Catherine
Peddie, Shell Oil Products Company, Houston, TX.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-1801 Filed 1-30-96; 8:45 am]
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