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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.$ [+ p x% s6 {# @- L! ?
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Introducing 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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0 Q" t- ?. i" U5 g e! [# w% K& NThat 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.
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Stelmach rejected about half of the panel's recommendations, including a new tax on oilsands production.9 d/ Q, f, f0 q- Q& \# i# B
, F) Z7 v: P1 @2 E9 hHowever, 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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9 c5 g ~2 q1 }- ^% T"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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