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。0 H& A O. ?( ?* c6 C' N
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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties: d: j% e4 U& j4 d" x- G6 N
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.' ~/ J( @$ K4 B$ n
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the: O5 ?0 g2 }& j* L! W+ Z
deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co. - P0 `5 y7 a: q A9 wLtd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.4 n$ q6 H0 `: S$ v: C
Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have 2 H- Y( U' e8 \8 l* M' Imade a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to / X" D7 N* e. r9 m( k" ^acquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects.( a7 s, ]0 j4 A2 A! ?5 w+ _
Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital 2 j" j& V# C9 O" e- F% a5 Y8 o+ G* ^2 z' Eexpenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties F5 @( `1 _: G( ~9 ]5 Tover the next three years.( l, d7 @6 I3 T
They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as + ] g* ]6 T6 m2 `+ A4 ?they develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain & x/ t8 F6 Q( l1 `- s( D" c( }" Van Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the( o1 r0 @; f' T* c1 z N7 x i* E
projects for the next five years. " `9 A* i9 T; T( S" F (The Canadian Press)