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。" F$ g6 W& Y: p. f- m
OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties 4 D. O# e( C8 L. i+ ^owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company. 0 S q# F$ J3 k9 \; S3 O Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the 6 y( W/ _3 L3 j0 f$ Udeal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co. * i# ~9 ]6 Q" R. Z5 zLtd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. 3 t, T" z! b2 A2 S1 N& f% h Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have 6 g$ R& W3 Q L2 k7 L5 mmade a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to6 u; y* f! L# w8 v
acquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects. % U( K. V# D/ o [' [& e1 V Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital9 c/ b- @4 x# _& L
expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties ; @4 P0 I% }8 u) P1 r9 c: Aover the next three years. 6 ~1 u# B1 `2 J They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as % r# h2 J3 a$ W3 ?they develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain1 c/ S) t2 V' x4 g: F9 D F/ e6 s
an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the / O l5 a+ h5 qprojects for the next five years. ' m" G: n! R) N. j5 H6 J1 F (The Canadian Press)