[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26054]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Gas Utilization Research Forum (GURF) Project
No. 3
Notice is hereby given that, on March 20, 1998, pursuant to Section
6(a) of the National Cooperation Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Gas Utilization Research Forum
(GURF) Project No. 3, titled ``Floating LNG Production Vessel Study''
has filed written 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 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 are Amoco Production Co., Houston,
TX; BG plc Research and Technology, Leicestershire, LE11 3GR, ENGLAND;
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited, Middlesex, TW16 7LN, UNITED
KINGDOM; Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, San Ramon, CA; Conoco
Inc., Houston, TX; Gaz de France, Nantes Cedex 1, FRANCE; Statoil, N-
7005 Trondheim, NORWAY; and VICO Enterprises, Inc., Houston, TX. The
purpose of the venture is to investigate the economic and technical
feasibility of establishing a vessel as a floating LNG facility
designed to liquefy and export approximately 500 million standard cubic
feet of liquefied natural gas per day. The general objectives of the
venture are to evaluate the possible liquefaction processes for use on
a vessel, develop a preliminary production vessel configuration and
definition of both a steel hull and a concrete hull vessel; a concept
safety assessment; and preliminary capital and preliminary operating
cost estimates for the production vessel.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-26054 Filed 9-28-98; 8:45 am]
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