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。4 q" T9 S. P3 R
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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties: L% [! l' y- I6 u/ Z6 E5 \
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.+ g. Y5 T( p0 k
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the2 w* G0 m3 D% i z6 f
deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co.; L% Z$ J& q* W- r6 s
Ltd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.1 F/ S) G1 q% I8 q! S' \
Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have( w' U2 }7 I: `: t: i+ |! `5 `
made a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to 1 x% H0 Q) Y z+ t" s/ C8 ]0 ]acquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects.) ^5 h1 b2 s9 t4 t+ ?+ h! w
Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital% O( u( @; P+ i) z
expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties. ~( x8 c2 B" S9 X! u: Z2 U: Y$ I; B
over the next three years.: O: s; X4 ?$ c) ^$ r# Y o8 A
They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as ! p' F" @* {! j( @8 `7 Nthey develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain- ]8 }3 |* l0 {( t
an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the + s8 l+ }+ _4 @4 G. m* } Qprojects for the next five years. 6 `0 E0 e4 X0 J; T (The Canadian Press)