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。9 v5 S$ F- ^$ d7 V9 t2 a
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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties# R) |7 q+ z" U( a7 F! {
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company. 3 M! O8 ^6 O+ {! i- i2 g) o' W Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the % `0 H9 Y+ y# G. ^deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co. * W |1 E* u3 { aLtd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. : g! z6 j8 O* F+ {2 I9 d Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have* e3 P3 e" \# k6 I, s. `
made a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to ( o4 x: J) K1 S, f4 @% U0 z% Tacquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects.5 e8 `1 I F9 J+ O) p6 S
Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital ; ^6 m# I4 ]9 z, z' ~expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties ! u/ _# @8 e" |" V7 S4 X! o; bover the next three years. * `0 Y4 n' a' }5 d They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as 5 m7 _- Q$ [+ W- q @" A9 ethey develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain; K P% ?/ q6 s2 l& r: T; z
an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the : l3 ~/ z. b! ] w' Y* |7 tprojects for the next five years. + Q' D! z1 ] v6 E, a% k (The Canadian Press)