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。8 G' z% k, Z. b J9 t
OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties5 G- l: ^1 |5 P
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company. ) J1 l( H1 h% ]5 g7 \- h Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the ' U0 Q" n' Q2 F/ Y% adeal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co. " s/ g8 P% ~1 j* `4 CLtd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. ( D7 s X( n: S4 K" Q( i* j! } Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have : R5 ]1 K6 E# Y( ]+ y/ T' F; l2 ?made a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to7 `4 _; M; _) w) I* ]
acquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects. 0 A1 u* C$ ~3 U* ?' z! ^7 v Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital 0 U+ S% |: k# y8 n9 _ I: n- x7 Yexpenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties ) | }. z) \. x5 t9 ]over the next three years.& [! P8 O/ J7 H6 R
They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as 9 C7 W$ B: |3 k9 ?6 b7 U3 x- Zthey develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain % s1 h7 j) T# d% }3 U# s" ?/ Oan Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the " B- q r( F; _: x; N: Z( ?0 eprojects for the next five years.6 Q" v) U# B# q: W8 r" G1 M
(The Canadian Press)