US, JAPANESE FIRMS TO SIGN SAKHALIN OIL DEAL.

Without waitingfor the Federation Council and Yeltsin to approve a Duma-passedmeasure which establishes firmer rules for foreign investors,Exxon and the Japanese Sodeco oil companies will sign an agreementto develop a major oil field off Russia’s Sakhalin Island in thePacific, Russian radio reported June 26.

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