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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.
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0 I% w  g1 C7 _- Q6 cIntroducing what he called "a framework for a new century," Stelmach said oil and gas companies will be paying $1.4 billion more a year in royalties starting in 2009., A3 C7 E* f! W1 `  ]$ B
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That 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." m/ D5 p5 I, L* w  V% W

8 l. ?: ^# c. RStelmach rejected about half of the panel's recommendations, including a new tax on oilsands production.7 J! G# S8 j$ l+ k- {

5 F9 S4 }4 H; U5 V$ BHowever, royalties will increase for conventional oil, natural gas and oilsands projects, with Stelmach promising a simpler framework that reflects fluctuations in market prices.! V6 j% W) T$ R0 T. c* l

* }2 ], u/ J/ {, v9 m. S"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.8 h; m: ^  _* K$ |
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[ 本帖最后由 对酒当歌 于 2007-10-25 16:31 编辑 ]
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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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