[Federal Register: February 19, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 33)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Alliance Agreement for the Conduct of Research 
Relating to Oxygen Transport Membranes for the Production of Hydrogen 
and Synthesis Gas

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 13, 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''), Praxair, Inc. 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 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 Praxair, Inc., Danbury, CT; BP Chemicals, Inc., 
Cleveland, OH; Sasol Technology (Pty), Ltd., Johannesburg, REPUBLIC OF 
SOUTH AFRICA; Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s., Stavanger, NORWAY; and 
Amoco Production Company, Houston, TX.
    The objective of the venture is to develop a new process for 
converting natural gas to synthesis gas using ceramic membrane 
technology.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-4207 Filed 2-18-98; 8:45 am]
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