上周二,加拿大联邦政府终于批准了中石油在加拿大投资1.9亿元购买油砂的计划。工业部部长在发言中对本次中加两国的油砂并购表示欢迎和认可。尽管部分人反对加拿大政府出卖石油和天然气的开采权,认为二者作为重要的战略和经济资源不应该由他国涉猎。但是业内人士指出,经过多方面的利弊权衡,在此次并购案中,最终受益最大的讲述加拿大本国。一些中国事务研究专家也指出,随着加拿大总理访华,随之而来的是两国关系的上升期。两国之间的信任逐渐增强,双边合作规模也会进一步扩大。此次并购之后,预计未来3年内,中石油将至少投入2.5亿元用于其阿尔伯塔子公司的运营,同时将保证子公司管理层人员的本地化。# x# g y8 T! p1 G G
OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties , Z6 i9 r4 u$ Aowned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.& t$ [+ d! @6 g& u# ?+ c# ~7 p( a
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the/ @7 g$ y! Q# k' x/ i5 @) K$ J
deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co. N1 u1 o9 q0 {& pLtd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. ) n# j. i- R& V$ b/ u6 w, z Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have * u( p% z- B- j% {+ y' T/ w( kmade a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to 3 i8 r, B0 H) V7 Pacquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects. & l$ y: E7 W; @& E5 ^ Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital 5 V( e% m: e) n G7 @1 cexpenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties# b+ x' j9 t6 }$ o5 i
over the next three years. N0 f v# t) Z1 y7 p5 S
They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as6 z# u, R; G9 Y$ J
they develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain* R; C% {% a* l- s. a+ M
an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the ! ^2 D9 ]% m) _) Pprojects for the next five years. $ n$ ~/ ]7 N5 B2 c (The Canadian Press)