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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties
* _) j- K: Z; ^" W( Howned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.
4 v4 _, i( d/ o! g/ s$ y" C2 y Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the
% K7 z! I) v5 e: cdeal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co.
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' \, D) ^1 N: a& S6 q4 V5 ?1 h Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have
* J- t5 u# l& i; E/ ~. W0 Bmade a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to( d; `2 O$ Q9 ~: q4 v
acquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects.9 e; ^6 M' M# j8 z# p
Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital/ |; I. ?# y" I8 c3 r' L) @
expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties
' ~& U0 X b, @( l8 cover the next three years.1 J v9 z6 l0 ~) t( h7 s+ j
They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as0 b7 W( x/ G! [ r4 i$ G( ?
they develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain
: w2 x5 Z6 h3 N5 Kan Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the+ r3 y2 V) q, J: ~4 B* }! _) Q
projects for the next five years.' M6 Z i0 }: |1 o
(The Canadian Press) |
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