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。! k8 O8 R. Q4 i8 U1 L8 ~4 U( D
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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties* ^# I8 v7 r; J* S! W+ j* K3 U
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.% e! ^! ~5 P5 w) m4 K/ u/ `
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the, M0 |- F6 G. J9 ]5 E
deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co.; K* }% Y8 G2 z5 o
Ltd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. * ~9 t7 f" \ T: n7 k+ j8 M* L Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have . w7 R+ R2 c* v; Jmade a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to7 y) d" j( c' D+ J# [
acquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects. ~/ A( r/ \/ e Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital! T' M7 K6 ~$ Y
expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties 2 }: a- u7 r; A/ m2 G- _9 ^/ c4 Sover the next three years. 0 G1 \$ v& ?* A8 Z7 U They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as 9 v6 M8 j3 r8 h! ? x4 cthey develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain 9 \ u' ]6 X& ~( Q. |" Y( s8 ?! qan Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the 9 t. \- Y K2 s. gprojects for the next five years. : D) x5 d( s; v& x (The Canadian Press)