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。! J/ L5 S1 M$ S X, P4 e U, d3 J
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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties. s6 z$ ?5 c. i* H2 o7 L
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.8 O+ D5 V X3 m I9 M
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the% Q" n m" T; B
deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co./ _% ~) a" K' r7 U @$ Q. C% V5 M
Ltd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. : [ v4 r' D. ]5 y* ? Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have0 I; j0 P6 Q \6 R# V# f% x4 T
made a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to 4 I5 M* v) `0 x) v! b3 ~& A8 v+ xacquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects. ' s/ n v. G! y; w Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital* r" w5 V" h6 l g
expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties 2 W/ V3 S1 y' c5 h: Hover the next three years. ; n. b4 l: C5 A9 E/ B. z They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as + H0 h0 {7 V. T6 @ [- O& c& hthey develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain 1 P* {) h d7 @1 _0 G) u* Man Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the' y; Y0 a2 ?0 f' u8 C
projects for the next five years. & Q- Y& w8 s3 e" c; M& T4 C7 S+ g (The Canadian Press)