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Dome Petroleum Signs

Agreement To Export LNG

For Japanese Utilities

Dome Petroleum Limited, Cal- gary, Canada, and NIC Resources

Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nissho-Iwai Corp., Japan, an- nounced the signing of an agree- ment for the sale of 2.6 million tons per year (400 million cubic feet per day) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Canada to four

Japanese utility companies. Serv- ing some 45 million customers, the companies are: Chubu Elec- tric Power, Osaka Gas, Kyushu

Electric Power, and Toho Gas.

The agreement provides for fa- vorable Japanese financing for the

LNG plant facility.

This recent agreement marks the first sale of LNG between

Canada and Japan, and provides a major new market for surplus

Canadian natural gas. The buyers have indicated that LNG from

Canada will significantly assist

Japanese efforts to diversify their

LNG sources.

It is anticipated natural gas from western Canadian fields will be liquefied in a plant to be lo- cated on the west coast of Canada for marine shipment to Japan- ese receiving terminals. It is an- ticipated that the first deliveries will begin in late 1985.

The next steps in the project are to obtain approvals for facil- ity construction, natural gas re-

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Donald W. Challinor

Donald W. Challinor was re- cently appointed senior vice pres- ident of Canadian ship repairer and shipbuilder Burrard Yarrows

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Mr. Challinor joined Burrard

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