[Federal Register: May 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 101)]
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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 March 12, 1999, 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 has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in 
its project status. 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. The 
Cooperative intends to undertake the following projects: ``Deepwater 
Wellbore and Pipeline Thermal Management''--to evaluate the thermal 
performance of several typical deepwater wellbore and pipeline thermal 
insulation systems, including vaccum-insulated tubing (VIT), pipe-in-
pipe (PIP) flowlines, and bundle

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flowlines to provide accurate measurement of the overall heat transfer 
coefficients (OHTC) and cooldown behaviors of these systems; and 
``Effects of Water Cut on Wax Deposition in Deepwater Flowlines''--to 
determine the effects of water cut on wax deposition in oil flowlines 
and to investigate wax deposition characteristics in typical oil-water 
flow patterns using the 4-in, 500-ft long deepwater flow assurance loop 
at the Texaco Humble Test Facility.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and Petroleum E&P Research 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 July 14, 
1998. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on September 29, 1998 (63 FR 51955).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-13284 Filed 5-25-99; 8:45 am]
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