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[亚省新闻] Alberta increases 20% royalty rates charged to energy companies

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发表于 2007-10-25 15:20 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Energy companies will be charged 20 per cent more for the right to develop Alberta's oil and gas resources, Premier Ed Stelmach revealed in a long-awaited announcement Thursday.
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( p& R6 O( p8 ^$ K1 nIntroducing what he called "a framework for a new century," Stelmach said oil and gas companies will be paying $1.4 billion more a year in royalties starting in 2009.
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That figure is 25 per cent less than the $2 billion recommended by a government-appointed panel that reviewed the royalty formula, which had not changed since 1992.% B' C7 @' K8 z! b; F

  {% I+ F& y  P. ^( Q8 l3 wStelmach rejected about half of the panel's recommendations, including a new tax on oilsands production.( Z/ U4 N6 ?/ W& q% H0 A

5 r; w" e( R$ `- xHowever, royalties will increase for conventional oil, natural gas and oilsands projects, with Stelmach promising a simpler framework that reflects fluctuations in market prices.: O' b  g/ D- C

7 Q. j7 @6 ^# P% B"We recognize energy is a volatile industry. There is risk and there is reward. So when oil prices go up, the royalty goes up," Stelmach said in a news conference in Calgary.
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[ 本帖最后由 对酒当歌 于 2007-10-25 16:31 编辑 ]
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发表于 2007-10-26 08:31 | 显示全部楼层
Will the oil price go up after the royalty rates have been increased?
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