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。 7 e3 R+ _, [8 Y, J0 V2 j, f# u) x' M, _; a @2 i4 R
(新闻来源:蒲公英)
OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties r$ S# U r+ P9 \# e8 Cowned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.3 D2 [% w% m) j& Z' M' c
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the 0 E j- v3 T4 n; H' m% @2 z( Mdeal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co. 2 `& h" r& L: g9 ~Ltd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. * Q; S2 P( T+ L0 R, w Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have $ V3 c; [$ `8 l5 k4 b" ?) ?made a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to : c) T7 p W! X. M: facquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects./ E* G0 H/ H1 r: I# f# R# i
Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital 5 I% f$ z t8 q& _expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties0 W$ w# O! G2 \; j$ J3 S0 A
over the next three years. * I6 B3 ]" D! O* G They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as a7 s0 w/ m- s+ `* t" xthey develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain& T+ K7 M6 i& ]$ J% e* d7 N2 m3 T
an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the7 {4 p6 a& ^: Z1 y7 k3 [
projects for the next five years.! K- W. x# p) `* w/ w$ \: P
(The Canadian Press)