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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties
9 O9 r; e; s; H3 T8 I* s; }owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.
5 I+ P4 P& I' D/ ~: b0 C Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the/ w) b B! h; J' D9 e( @2 T
deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co.7 z8 K( E! _2 f; t! f: t. D3 B
Ltd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.
" }! o8 b; [; w Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have, \) g6 Q6 c: @" w: N, r
made a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to3 a0 z& E2 N* E9 M1 f* y: Y/ @ y- }* E
acquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects.
5 W7 l1 r, m; ~: k# r" c5 q8 H Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital5 _, a* X- R$ f" I c
expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties
- \4 a: _5 J* |: N: q: Cover the next three years.$ e2 X; P0 n4 P* r+ ]2 M5 G! Z
They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as
5 {3 y% u' l$ P; B) dthey develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain# b& r1 S, X, V( F7 H2 h" o, m8 D8 G
an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the
0 N1 u. l# h Z2 o) h0 mprojects for the next five years." P, y$ ]! h3 d* s2 M
(The Canadian Press) |
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