Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 229 / Friday, November 28, 1997 / Notices 63389

Register on August 21, 1997 (62 FR

44488).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 97–31194 Filed 11–26–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Petroleum E&P Research

Cooperative

Notice is hereby given that, on August

26 and September 9, 1997, pursuant to

Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. § 4301 et seq, (‘‘the Act’’),

Petroleum E&P Research Cooperative

(‘‘Cooperative’’) has filed written

notifications simultaneously with the

Attorney General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in its

membership. The notifications were

filed for the purpose of extending the

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages

under specified circumstances.

Specifically, Phillips Petroleum

Company of Bartlesville, OK has

become a new member of the

Cooperative.

The Cooperative intends to undertake

the following research projects: ‘‘Risk

Assessment for Current Multilateral

Systems’’ to provide a complete

overview and a risk assessment of

multilateral well completion systems

currently in use particularly focusing on

the Level III and Level IV type lateral

well systems (mechanical integrity and

pressure-sealed lateral wells,

respectively); ‘‘Enhancing Well Value by

Minimizing Damage from Drilling

Fluids’’ to test and model the damage

and cleanup performance of various

drill-in fluids in simulated oil and gas

wells, i.e., various screen and gravel

pack configurations at temperature and

pressure, with a special emphasis on the

effect of solids; ‘‘Nuclear Magnetic

Resonance Well Logging with

Superconducting Magnets’’ to build and

test the world’s first superconducting

NMR logging tool which can extend

NMR imaging and spectroscopy into

native reservoir formations surrounding

a borehole, the initial phase targeting to

design and evaluate a prototype

cryogenic system and prototype coil for

the magnet and considering the

limitations imposed by the logging

environment and experience gained

from the current generation of

permanent magnet based tools; and

‘‘Advanced Casing Lateral Juncture

Technologies for Multi-Lateral WellsPhase I’’ to identify novel concepts and,

in particular, consider advanced

technologies from other industries that

may be used to meet the functional

performance requirements for a highpressure hydraulic seal with full-bore

access at the casing-to-lateral juncture in

multilateral wells.

The Cooperative was formed by a

written agreement dated October 16,

1996, to develop new and improved

technology to meet the needs of the

exploration and production functions of

the petroleum industry in areas where

joint research is appropriate.

Membership in this group research

project remains open, and the

Cooperative intends to file additional

written notification disclosing all

changes in membership.

On January 16, 1997, Petroleum E&P

Research Cooperative filed its original

notification pursuant to Section 6(a) of

the Act. The Department of Justice

published a notice in the Federal

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on February 13, 1997, (62 FR 6801).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on August 22, 1997. The

notice has not been published.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 97–31304 Filed 11–26–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Petrotechnical Open

Software Corporation (‘‘POSC’’)

Notice is hereby given that, on

October 16, 1997, pursuant to Section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. § 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’),

Petrotechnical Open Software

Corporation (‘‘POSC’’) has filed written

notifications simultaneously with the

Attorney General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in its

membership. The notifications were

filed for the purpose of extending the

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages

under specified circumstances.

Specifically, the following additional

parties have become new non-voting

members of POSC: Geological Survey of

Denmark & Greenland, Copenhagen,

DENMARK; Romanian Society of

Geophysics, Bucharest, ROMANIA;

Marathon Oil Company (Division of

USX), Houston, TX; and Tecpetrol,

Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activity of POSC.

On January 14, 1991, POSC filed its

original notification pursuant to Section

6(a) of the Act. The Department of

Justice published a notice in the Federal

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on February 7, 1991 (56 FR 5021).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on July 23, 1997. A

notice was published in the Federal

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on September 10, 1997 (62 FR

47691).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 97–31196 Filed 11–26–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Joint Industry Program—

Development of an Instrument for

Corrosion Detection in Insulated Pipes

Using a Magnetostrictive Sensor

Notice is hereby given that, on

October 8, 1997, 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 (‘‘SwRI’’)

has filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and with the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing a change in its

membership and performance date in its

cooperative research project known as

‘‘Joint Industry Program—Development

of an Instrument for Corrosion Detection

in Insulated Pipes Using a

Magnetostrictive Sensor,’’ or ‘‘JIP’’. The

notifications were filed for the purpose

of extending the Act’s provisions

limiting the recovery of antitrust

plaintiffs to actual damages under

specified circumstances. Specifically,

three new participants have joined the

cooperative research project: CTI

Alaska, Inc., Anchorage, AK; Gas

Research Institute, Chicago, IL; and

Mitsubishi Chemical Engineering

Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. In addition,

Southwest Research Institute, San

Antonio, TX, has been a participant in

JIP since the inception of the project,

but was inadvertently not noted as such

in the original and succeeding

notifications. Also, participant Texaco,

Inc., and Electric Power Research