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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties9 _# `2 S, X( Y9 p
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.
2 C# N" ?- Z2 S* v) {- G9 H Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the
! ? C8 i( F" U9 {% J* Ldeal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co.9 D# o" h3 |( R/ A; I, C% `/ S
Ltd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.
; [; O# P8 J$ r( f' d, ~% F Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have! K* K1 Y7 a1 @
made a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to
9 Q9 R" d9 W1 R: ?5 iacquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects.. d. c8 V# Z) i4 W
Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital
' `: Q- T7 C8 T; n. s! |$ Qexpenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties# B, {" n, Q5 U! q% u6 h, \- A
over the next three years.
+ u* \* u5 g; d) A' {6 I0 l' _ They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as
. `3 L& N0 R( H9 _' cthey develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain6 l6 Z+ F1 J5 Q' n3 s
an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the
0 f- f! ~2 |& Pprojects for the next five years.9 `2 G/ @- p/ V; h) j( f; n
(The Canadian Press) |
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