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[亚省新闻] Alberta increases 20% royalty rates charged to energy companies

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发表于 2007-10-25 15:20 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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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.9 [4 [" H1 R0 E, ~4 [/ h: g; L: n

3 b# x4 \6 W! B" U/ Z9 WIntroducing 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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' n& F' y  U* U9 {8 zThat figure is 25 per cent less than the $2 billion recommended by a government-appointed panel that reviewed the royalty formula, which had not changed since 1992.: L  m. `$ E& O  {+ ]+ G& x5 b

- Z7 S$ b* Q+ v* T3 C2 i% lStelmach rejected about half of the panel's recommendations, including a new tax on oilsands production.  ^& Z! m3 N0 r5 }; C' F4 v
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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.7 L/ |" A4 \" S/ h. x1 V
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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.) C' t9 O: B* O7 B6 A" f7 i( M
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发表于 2007-10-26 08:31 | 显示全部楼层
Will the oil price go up after the royalty rates have been increased?
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