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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties
1 u- g# O ?+ E% d! A/ Y) _" j; Towned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.' G0 _$ [) e3 o7 E5 k9 }
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the, {# f1 C2 G3 ?5 B3 S- v& n
deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co.7 s% D' D* H, e, n2 }2 Q
Ltd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.0 J: ]/ F9 {3 {# w
Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have! H( o3 o3 w# N; p
made a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to
% s: l) C8 d# C% x$ f; \acquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects.
' [8 B9 t1 [: S) O6 V Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital+ {# \* F k) V) y
expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties( V* V* I+ h1 v2 I0 Y: |
over the next three years.
0 S8 _& k+ E$ h They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as8 O+ G& y0 X7 @4 |9 S( S
they develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain3 V9 Q' x# g# A: H& z
an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the
7 I( @1 p* T& ~. rprojects for the next five years.
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