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 n, z# i, X
OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties& Y' E5 e+ e- H: D
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company. " E& ]. y8 ^. | e+ t Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the . S: L% _! l$ y7 \$ Vdeal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co.% y+ o" Y! A, d( x( b4 O" ?3 P$ n9 J
Ltd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.9 M6 ~9 H" C) Y: H$ m# R3 d2 R
Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have $ v) c5 f6 V5 X% n$ |' n. Y/ tmade a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to 1 {+ F8 R7 |# a% k% f- y; Lacquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects." Y# a$ S7 y* V$ H2 K0 l
Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital9 E% H5 M: m. k. S! x2 d
expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties( k6 N* p) k6 l! K, O2 Q" A4 Z
over the next three years. ! [% e6 ]8 q' m+ |. [ They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as) h. l. D9 [0 K3 ]3 _
they develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain 3 t' }; P* q- \& S' d2 Y& v t6 L+ ?# zan Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the3 K3 n- r& }9 V# y2 M* [% H$ }9 T
projects for the next five years.& g. e7 v7 ~* H1 F
(The Canadian Press)