| CANADA OIL EXPORTS RISE 20 PCT IN 1986 | |
| Canadian oil exports rose 20 pct in 1986 | |
| over the previous year to 33.96 mln cubic meters, while oil | |
| imports soared 25.2 pct to 20.58 mln cubic meters, Statistics | |
| Canada said. | |
| Production, meanwhile, was unchanged from the previous year | |
| at 91.09 mln cubic feet. | |
| Natural gas exports plunged 19.4 pct to 21.09 billion cubic | |
| meters, while Canadian sales slipped 4.1 pct to 48.09 billion | |
| cubic meters. | |
| The federal agency said that in December oil production | |
| fell 4.0 pct to 7.73 mln cubic meters, while exports rose 5.2 | |
| pct to 2.84 mln cubic meters and imports rose 12.3 pct to 2.1 | |
| mln cubic meters. | |
| Natural gas exports fell 16.3 pct in the month 2.51 billion | |
| cubic meters and Canadian sales eased 10.2 pct to 5.25 billion | |
| cubic meters. | |