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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties# q0 _5 U: T& e9 {
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.! I- }* Q" j, N) U/ T6 X8 o
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the% A5 G- v0 C4 W$ i0 {0 `
deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co.
' J$ `' S) t$ }0 P/ y6 b% c8 @" yLtd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.
. }. D6 C3 E9 W& W7 h9 e9 u* T Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have
0 H9 @" k" [+ D3 c8 ?/ F6 Q2 q y) nmade a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to
& `* t J, a0 H( Tacquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects.
( e% R" I' q# W; t7 [6 d Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital0 A/ m3 t* a0 ^5 i8 K3 \) {6 a4 ]
expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties9 x. D6 I% `) a* y, `
over the next three years.9 B( \' ]4 u5 T3 a9 e0 a
They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as
% W% F C& ~1 R/ u' H- F$ ~. Y$ S5 ythey develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain1 q, x( W; X/ P M f' K3 ~
an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the
9 b: k4 k+ g2 [: E* mprojects for the next five years. s# T R# S- I& S$ H7 h( \
(The Canadian Press) |
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