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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
July 31, 1998 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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