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。 - b# E' ^' u3 H: g3 ?" e. |0 U e* G" g0 C+ v
(新闻来源:蒲公英)
OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties 7 W* ^& o8 n7 g8 f0 Mowned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.- P" N$ ?+ ]; _( j0 y
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the 8 E1 a6 N' Z1 p0 o6 x$ v mdeal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co.+ k8 o9 l6 V6 f2 W
Ltd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada./ w; G) @ @- h5 S" Z8 b
Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have ; u3 j9 I- q! _ @made a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to ( Y& [. ~) [( A6 I# xacquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects.* n2 D: Y& y4 \4 p! @, O
Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital/ J/ Q; U; k1 r2 o( `
expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties 7 A7 r2 N4 C! ^6 Eover the next three years. 9 B4 p& U1 A- l5 ]" W They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as' s7 x7 W- n" l7 h6 e4 W; L/ l- H% y
they develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain: U5 ~4 I; r! B
an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the/ r! r- x# U& ]+ L% F
projects for the next five years.+ J# [) g h# S6 m* l' M5 m
(The Canadian Press)