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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Laurent Belsie

February 25, 1983

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered a major pipeline company to renegotiate an Algerian natural-gas-import deal that threatens to cause the largest gas-price hike in history. The commission said Trunkline Gas Company's 20-year contract should be consistent with current economic conditions.