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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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Introducing what he called "a framework for a new century," Stelmach said oil and gas companies will be paying $1.4 billion more a year in royalties starting in 2009.+ {$ r2 l+ g4 O" m& C5 S6 v/ 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' B- P. N5 p/ I2 W/ |# {6 C/ j

5 j) W* p# [( i5 A, BStelmach rejected about half of the panel's recommendations, including a new tax on oilsands production.
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5 ^& c4 G& r5 d# v, S" nHowever, royalties will increase for conventional oil, natural gas and oilsands projects, with Stelmach promising a simpler framework that reflects fluctuations in market prices., d& M. B% g3 O2 L6 J' k+ v

+ p2 g) s# u, b( J) @0 b"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.5 ~9 [. A) S2 E7 U  K7 T% x3 J
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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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