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。$ f3 Y, A/ ^7 }+ W l
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(新闻来源:蒲公英)
OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties4 b5 m K# N! a$ F) k3 f0 }0 n* ]: S! m
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.+ z5 o" E2 l) s1 K( K0 x
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the2 g/ v/ q2 d! Y9 w( b- j
deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co.0 e5 J- @4 \0 f4 @
Ltd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. % G6 z0 c& x8 I Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have 6 `+ }/ G/ w1 c# T i9 R$ Imade a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to8 u% n. G/ z! I, q9 M: n2 J
acquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects.2 B) q2 n0 U) B# @7 h1 F
Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital$ y' x1 P K& O9 [
expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties 5 q5 p: V' S* p( t; p8 Cover the next three years.: U& G6 n# k$ P: C
They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as 7 t7 {( ?( V. |( a! u6 Gthey develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain 3 I% f3 c5 M' m6 o& ~* l F$ Ran Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the ; C! A; y# n# A6 q" iprojects for the next five years.3 `8 d& v) F( h5 e
(The Canadian Press)