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Energy companies will be charged 20 per cent more for the right to develop Alberta's oil and gas resources, Premier Ed Stelmach revealed in a long-awaited announcement Thursday.2 v$ x. u; B7 @3 x; [
3 b" s0 |2 {0 }& b, \ e HIntroducing what he called "a framework for a new century," Stelmach said oil and gas companies will be paying $1.4 billion more a year in royalties starting in 2009.
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That figure is 25 per cent less than the $2 billion recommended by a government-appointed panel that reviewed the royalty formula, which had not changed since 1992.9 l3 N. o0 O' w% B. S* \9 l/ d
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Stelmach rejected about half of the panel's recommendations, including a new tax on oilsands production.9 o0 I) y/ {+ `
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However, royalties will increase for conventional oil, natural gas and oilsands projects, with Stelmach promising a simpler framework that reflects fluctuations in market prices.
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"We recognize energy is a volatile industry. There is risk and there is reward. So when oil prices go up, the royalty goes up," Stelmach said in a news conference in Calgary.
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