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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties$ D$ C: J0 [3 ?3 s* n8 W
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.* T# _, ]# ]8 s7 ]
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the
/ Z: C; ^5 Y$ k1 Q/ R( Fdeal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co.& t; Y/ {" N; o
Ltd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.
; l+ p5 U* h4 N8 {2 p" n9 q- R: X4 G Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have
/ B. F0 q1 f, {, Q5 n$ zmade a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to8 \! a* h/ H% ^0 ~2 m0 g+ s+ E4 Q
acquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects.+ L! f$ \: E3 _; O, g
Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital( o% K9 m/ Z# h7 U- U2 m1 ^) f- k! w
expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties% b% [9 O: G/ q6 a. b" U9 W
over the next three years.
- G2 n L% @" Z) `. c8 o' _9 L They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as
' z0 f, g- ~6 s8 cthey develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain
! {$ v5 Y9 u( e* X: {$ s/ b9 `an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the
0 C( \# {7 Y, C3 r3 v/ T% Xprojects for the next five years.
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