The deal gives landowners and provincial governments 7% equity in the project - up from their original 2% - which will come from the state's share, though some have expressed concern about how this will be distributed.

The agreement, which met with initial resistance from some landowners, is worth 20 billion kina ($7.44 billion) over the 30-year life span of the LNG project, which will start production in 2014.

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