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。( i/ w& y3 t' A5 h. \
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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties / [) a7 f6 c1 i3 ^6 v- J2 jowned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.! m* q- A; h& B8 g7 d
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the ' C4 g' ^" [! ?6 [deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co. % v. N) v( }- z% r' H; YLtd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.1 P9 G8 U' k& q- D; ~5 }7 N6 u
Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have R$ ~2 `# u1 C: wmade a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to0 I; C; ^# O: T5 W8 c/ Z6 {0 F1 A
acquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects.7 `9 }. O1 f. j' R
Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital ; p1 _2 F1 [2 g2 L$ U5 v! x" aexpenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties 8 ~& s; b$ I# u7 I2 Z- ]9 mover the next three years. 6 z% r$ L+ R+ n+ l They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as # Q" v8 R( l r; Y! a7 ] o8 \they develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain1 d) \6 G7 _5 ~; z/ S s
an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the / w3 Q" {6 E& N. P- Z; b& C9 \1 Vprojects for the next five years. : W0 q' H2 G4 \! p: w (The Canadian Press)