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。7 k. }/ W1 @, E \8 |
OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties ' b3 a1 v6 b s9 r& Cowned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.0 U% S- }; [; f, m# R
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the+ K# W: N8 _4 h! U4 Q
deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co. 3 }+ V+ h7 c& e& h* h0 LLtd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. ( T* c3 c" a# e8 V( {: _# o* A Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have ) _1 R1 u0 u. Z& U* Y/ A3 l9 ^made a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to % R0 D* @2 }% A2 M% Cacquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects.3 O7 S& G# g. z
Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital 1 Q6 ~; ]0 i3 C$ L+ n# Xexpenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties 2 M5 }) B- Z& G: Eover the next three years. " j; T6 T9 q1 c/ ~0 t2 S+ ~7 [ They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as# O- S" O! m% U+ P
they develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain- y5 B7 `& h- p2 R% y) j
an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the ; s6 P9 y$ R1 a mprojects for the next five years. |5 |% S$ t9 i; }6 G$ b) }$ G: _ (The Canadian Press)