National cooperative research notifications: Petrotechnical Open Software Corp.,

[Federal Register: August 13, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 156)]

[Notices]

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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 May 10, 2002, 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 filedwritten notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. The notifications were filedfor the purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Petrolink, Houston, TX; Paradigm Geophysical Ltd., Houston, TX; Pioneer Natural Resources, Irving, TX; and OFS Protal LLC, Houston, TX have been added as parties to this venture.

No other changes have been made in either the membership of planned activity of the group research project. Membership in this group research project remains open, and Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation (``POSC'') intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.

On January 12, 1991, Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation (``POSC'') filedits original notification pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act, The Department of Justice published a notice in Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on February 7, 1991 (56 FR 5021).

The last notification was filedwith the Department on March 14, 2002. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on April 18, 2002 (67 FR 19253).

Constance K. Robinson, Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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