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<LEGEND>
        This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statement of operations in the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB as of and for the fiscal quarter ended
April 30, 1997 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial
statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                          Imperial Petroleum Recovery Corporation
                                                                       
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