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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties
7 x" v$ n/ V/ e" n Eowned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.
* \6 ?& X! [7 q) I( W) Y Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the) N. u6 R& ?- P7 Z
deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co.
2 ]/ t4 Q% w) h, dLtd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.3 K1 w, R4 ^8 o# [$ o" a5 T7 i
Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have
' ^! X n# l* f5 J" i, b+ g! {made a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to
8 U; v3 t: `! l P; Qacquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects.
) e Z" L* v4 n2 A" l) v9 P Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital3 D. h, T' o- e* H
expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties6 U3 B( |' G7 e2 v& R/ N, ~( F4 X$ J
over the next three years.
( q6 q( |# j3 n8 ^ They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as
2 P9 ]6 c% A) n; A' T# C3 ~they develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain
0 ?' @* J) Z9 v$ {4 T# aan Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the
( X$ O ]$ v* J9 ^% nprojects for the next five years.1 Q4 S3 N( R: W/ o
(The Canadian Press) |
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