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。4 Z! L. y# W* b! G0 V
OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties8 o5 w- `+ L# a
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company. / E4 z. x3 s, V" Z0 ~ Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the7 [5 \8 C! I; X. V
deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co. ! O$ j8 m% e9 z+ n7 u' dLtd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.' }6 |- U- ]' M, d. S$ G
Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have % Z: f( |* N6 l* i/ Fmade a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to! R) n. l6 |/ S# N
acquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects./ B b% ?5 T6 J' e$ u
Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital 3 V6 g+ S" [0 I6 c% Vexpenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties 4 M0 s ~( ~6 ?2 mover the next three years.% l7 M9 x6 ?% ~: j' }+ H# D
They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as / _+ \! d9 r' }! o4 kthey develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain 2 h6 V3 d' e& f* z6 Zan Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the. d z2 H' \* k- r: i- ~6 n5 h
projects for the next five years.. [ e" d4 k! B# ?
(The Canadian Press)