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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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; O: @4 T, E- H9 Y% AIntroducing what he called "a framework for a new century," Stelmach said oil and gas companies will be paying $1.4 billion more a year in royalties starting in 2009.: a. J$ _) @+ H8 A; H0 Q
* N+ D& ~- y$ k# [" xThat 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. I& L# D8 F! G( r8 L) T
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Stelmach rejected about half of the panel's recommendations, including a new tax on oilsands production., j7 A+ q7 Q* E& b. w; |
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However, royalties will increase for conventional oil, natural gas and oilsands projects, with Stelmach promising a simpler framework that reflects fluctuations in market prices.
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"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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