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。* R6 P$ [* {4 N o$ G
OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties4 O9 f' m. N; g7 g& f
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.1 X6 ]; i# I; Q
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the0 g& T! f) `+ m+ e
deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co. ( l/ M/ s# A7 |% B: iLtd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. & \7 I) d3 ?6 f8 Y Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have $ i7 Q4 j N: D% h. L; cmade a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to ( L) k+ y# I e$ M# U1 i( ?acquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects. 1 B n1 _' @5 q! c2 c7 w4 d p z6 l Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital4 h5 T1 ?* d; B' U. @" M2 |
expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties * C3 v9 z7 |/ E U+ Rover the next three years.6 S' [* s6 _2 I5 Y# l; e) C
They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as / [' M$ s# X7 athey develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain 5 c; W W* k/ @ O$ d2 [4 ~an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the. L" q3 u8 N& `/ u
projects for the next five years., K1 j9 n1 s# G5 ^9 B
(The Canadian Press)