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。2 _# S& F! s$ o
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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties" B: K B' w5 a9 E8 t6 Q
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company. 0 j4 {% J7 e% b) i: V2 F4 E0 Q Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the $ w0 L: [! G) s6 \" x5 X+ Vdeal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co. ( p; p9 b0 V' |; e4 D" ~Ltd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. K' K$ E) u! t! g R9 J
Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have # [" @5 b6 X/ d1 Z3 C; Umade a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to& s1 H8 _: q) ^% G6 |. |) k
acquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects.* p+ R" [6 j8 i4 y' Q. N D
Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital - Q7 [- g. L8 g: V4 m; D) s& U; sexpenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties; t% V2 {9 H1 B; ~9 R; ^ ^" d
over the next three years.8 f+ R9 z- _0 w& c1 L4 S
They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as ' w9 ? F; C/ o7 v% L7 ythey develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain ' r8 j9 D9 m5 ^: v1 h2 i( Yan Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the . \+ q& P% U5 C d7 k7 m) M; P( `projects for the next five years. ! @: F4 P! C. y2 |3 ^7 K+ }8 @ (The Canadian Press)