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Ottawa has approved the $4.65-billion-US deal that will see Sinopec, the state-owned Chinese energy company, acquire a stake in Alberta’s giant Syncrude oilsands project.
* h0 ?1 p) k9 M( N+ PIndustry Minister Tony Clement said Friday Sinopec’s purchase in April of the 9.03-per-cent stake in Syncrude held by ConocoPhillips “is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.”
) A# R% g0 B7 s& r# s7 n& N' U“Through its investment, Sinopec is acquiring a minority interest of 9.03 per cent in Syncrude,” Clement said in a statement.
5 \6 b( c! q, j, i1 f a) ^) I0 I4 v“There are seven other partners in Syncrude who control the remaining 90.97 per cent. ! E2 J4 q! _* a5 ^6 E
“This transaction will not change the level of Canadian control of Syncrude, which will remain at 55.97 per cent.”
" A4 x; o6 H6 I0 }" T! g! e4 z& m( sSyncrude is owned by: Canadian Oil Sands Trust with a 36.7 per cent stake; Imperial Oil, which is controlled by ExxonMobil Corp. and operates the facility, owns 25 per cent; Suncor Energy Inc. has a 12-per-cent stake; ConocoPhillips’ nine per cent, now sold to Sinopec; Nexen Inc. holds seven per cent; Murphy Oil Corp. owns five per cent, as does Mocal Energy Ltd. |
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