[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 173 (Monday, September 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53215-53216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21286]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993; Cooperative Research Group on Separation 
Technology Research Program

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 8, 2014, 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--
Cooperative Research Group on Separation Technology Research Program 
(``STAR'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
identities of the parties to the venture 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 
to the venture are: Aker Process Systems, Fornebu, Norway; Amistco 
Separation Products, Inc, dba AMACS Process Tower Internals, Houston, 
TX; Chevron Energy Technology Co., a Division of Chevron USA, Inc., 
Houston, TX; ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co., Houston, TX; FMC 
Separation Systems B.V., Arnhem, The Netherlands; Frames Separation 
Technologies B.V., Utrecht, The Netherlands; KGGP, LLC, Wichita, KS; 
Linde Engineering North America Inc., Blue Bell, PA; PetroSkills, LLC, 
Katy, TX; Rhodius GmbH, Bayern, Germany; Shell International 
Exploration and Production Inc., Houston, TX; Total E&P Recherche Et 
Developpement, Paris, France; Wartsila Oil & Gas Systems AS, Asker, 
Norway; Sulzer Chemtech Ltd., Winterthur, Switzerland; and OneSubsea 
LLC, Houston, TX. The general area of STAR's planned activity is to 
increase fundamental knowledge of separation technology for use in the 
oil and gas industry. This will be accomplished by conducting research 
related to separation technology as well as through conducting 
systematic testing on and enabling qualification of separation 
equipment. STAR will also develop standardized procedures for testing 
equipment and conduct fundamental research on separation technology for 
use by the separation

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equipment manufacturers, separation system designers, and end users.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-21286 Filed 9-5-14; 8:45 am]
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