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。9 p/ B. @. d9 \) S$ C* l
OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties( i! g- `- S5 b
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.0 B7 r: N9 x! G7 h9 J2 t R
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the 1 o2 }$ \$ J" B3 @& Wdeal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co. 0 d) ]! q; z; sLtd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.+ }! j& H6 d- t. J) @7 X( R
Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have! l+ c3 X" T M) D# m: v) B! a
made a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to) R! B0 O4 W1 a2 \
acquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects. ( B/ |# z, v/ f D Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital8 x# O7 B2 V4 Y( t- m
expenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties - N! ?" Y ~) _over the next three years. " K- R$ f8 C" ~, A1 H$ B They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as! ~* M6 {9 t" L
they develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain 2 A* W; _% T& Y' F. g0 P' x( Qan Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the- \7 E" s8 V" [' W/ t) l7 ^/ f& r; t
projects for the next five years. & g/ S% I$ e. X& G (The Canadian Press)