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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties
$ F. d, G6 O8 P9 o [* }owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.% X: b( D! p8 G# t6 x$ w
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the
/ ?% v- t( C4 ]5 N! ~) u7 Tdeal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co.+ s( a. X+ A: Q1 I* X3 o
Ltd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada." c4 E& K k: O# a& N0 j/ X$ I, M
Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have) n/ { W2 d8 Q- }
made a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to! O* d6 I0 O' _2 D
acquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects." C" w. ?5 O! O$ f' q
Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital
" @3 \/ `4 h6 v8 M; hexpenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties
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They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as) a- g" k' O8 Z# w2 l7 f8 p
they develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain0 Z& Q h5 b5 R& g) N' g/ `4 L
an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the
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