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。6 n' L3 e. ~: @! T2 A) b
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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties& j7 g! ~7 L% A4 ]
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company./ ]/ o% }1 _% |; s+ I2 F$ x5 v7 S" Q
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the9 W+ @2 M8 t V0 G
deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co. - @4 m/ f# `! E3 f! kLtd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. ( D4 M% b' y+ E, U* A Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have / z4 C7 I" c# d; f, F/ M# Z5 k; xmade a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to ; ^; _5 X% h' G# }& `acquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects.. G% V% V! m) K$ m' i5 A
Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital/ p) I+ w. f' t0 M
expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties( s- q \ F0 I3 B; I1 {+ b
over the next three years. & u- I7 J6 `( m- m* Q They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as% q- h9 M2 j. _$ O$ r1 T" F( N
they develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain% m! M* n! h: j9 [% }
an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the5 @* Y1 B. {8 Z' G
projects for the next five years. 2 T" e% a, `' d/ O (The Canadian Press)