[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 17912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9884]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993; Cullen Engineering Research Foundation
Cooperative Research Venture
Notice is hereby given that, on June 6, 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''), Cullen Engineering Research
Foundation filed notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General
and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) The identities of the
parties and (2) the nature and objectives of a research 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 are Amoco Corporation, Naperville,
IL; Elf Aquitaine, Inc., Washington, DC, a subsidiary of Societe
Nationale Elf Aquitaine, Paris, France; Hydril Company, Houston, TX;
Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK; Exploration and
Production Technology Company, a division of Shell Exploration and
Production Company, Houston, TX, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch/Shell
Group of Companies, The Hague, Netherlands; University of Houston--
CEAC, Houston, TX; and Cullen Engineering Research Foundation, Houston,
TX. The purpose of the venture is to develop the technology to overcome
the barriers to the design, manufacture, and utilization of a broad
range of long continuous lengths of high performance, spoolable
composite tubing. The activities of the project will be partially
funded by an award from the Advanced Technology Program, National
Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-9884 Filed 4-22-96; 8:45 am]
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