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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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, W( J3 b2 c& \: d8 i0 I; qIntroducing 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.# K& a' K1 _) I9 e2 k

- E& A: O2 @  R+ S2 n$ |That figure is 25 per cent less than the $2 billion recommended by a government-appointed panel that reviewed the royalty formula, which had not changed since 1992., N, S; u# j: T+ T8 I% {$ G

) _. i8 M* L2 IStelmach rejected about half of the panel's recommendations, including a new tax on oilsands production.  G0 E% J8 p- n/ ]

" k: U+ C9 `. B7 O% `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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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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