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。; x4 O6 ^. N, ^/ Z
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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties . g3 x- u. e" F* [owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company. # j8 x! L% t4 T$ C% F Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the1 x h9 r$ k' K9 N8 f1 m3 W2 O" i
deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co. ! \. A6 a9 O' M* rLtd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. " |2 S2 f8 f4 O l Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have$ W5 A! m# k; n% Q
made a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to 8 @5 I" m8 s3 Dacquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects. - o+ S+ v; i" _ Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital / h2 ~2 i3 I7 ^expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties3 Q g j R' ?1 p* L. Z! r
over the next three years.; W; T7 X$ J( J0 a3 J/ } z
They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as 1 j( H) y, K9 |* ~) r. @they develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain+ W p9 k8 r4 z) D
an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the# O4 {5 n2 T7 E1 l5 W, l
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(The Canadian Press)