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。0 j: G% m) a' z" y
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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties+ M5 w) j; v* ~6 B" x8 U F' L
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company. 7 g! L1 j2 d6 w Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the! e5 M4 B$ n6 m, G- c+ m7 Y0 s
deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co.5 h( u$ J3 f4 D" g- m* E* v
Ltd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.6 T' \; I4 n8 N9 V* ^
Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have: Z" @: a* D% H: d1 ~# f- I( k
made a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to1 w% {- k- @$ t( T9 Y8 V g! P: a a
acquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects. ( j* d1 m/ i0 D% B. v) q Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital 2 O. d4 z- s; }# b; E. ~4 X( }$ Wexpenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties ( `" G" d: X% p0 |0 Lover the next three years.$ A! L" ^3 v" _
They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as ' M% w& v$ G. }; U: G2 @ ithey develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain1 Z7 R* D9 X5 U$ B# t8 g0 R+ P
an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the $ B. v1 ]: f+ bprojects for the next five years. . t, J+ k7 T) K9 R) e& }( p (The Canadian Press)