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。) q3 g& E" o! A) k5 t7 o, \
OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties) t( k R1 j5 e( y3 L3 n8 f/ z8 t
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.$ P) {6 L3 S( q% j
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the2 s. t; K; S! W4 y- e$ r3 K
deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co. 7 y/ v& `' H# }% |$ _Ltd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. * e. S: N) X: S8 V* J Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have 7 a4 d3 o j' j l4 h7 Jmade a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to 3 U, i4 L( P# {0 E3 wacquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects.$ }4 g2 l7 ]6 j) S# g4 C; M# W
Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital 6 D" {0 e# @* Bexpenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties5 b* m, Q8 U7 j
over the next three years.. J0 ~% t8 f$ t
They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as4 W) T' X( K' W0 z& T0 | w
they develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain5 F+ B7 _( }5 [
an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the # X. P6 Q4 H4 K4 [8 ~projects for the next five years.! u; \) |$ N% A+ c, `3 V9 ^4 o; C
(The Canadian Press)