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OTTAWA - Ottawa has given its blessing to the sale of properties! Q# u2 w0 Y7 Q; [2 B
owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. to a Chinese company.
$ B% n( }+ Q0 _3 g/ T5 `& N+ D) n Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he has reviewed the
~' |6 S. I# e2 p! k( `deal between Athabasca and PetroChina International Investment Co." ^7 m' [! s: n
Ltd. and finds its is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.6 j9 D, C- b8 w* j1 j
Clement says PetroChina and its parent, PetroChina Co. Ltd., have
, p) @. m2 ?2 O" |2 `; Pmade a number of significant commitments should they be allowed to
/ j+ r6 i% L3 Kacquire control of the MacKay and Dover oil sands projects.1 L- {' `+ ^5 c, @! Z( U
Among other things, the Chinese concerns have agreed to capital
7 R0 G. K3 @) [# Pexpenditures in excess of $250 million for developing the properties
+ ~/ ]1 z L5 r" U( Bover the next three years.+ {) C( E, D/ F! o6 k+ @+ w
They have also pledged to increase employment levels in Canada as
. m0 C0 V. ]. x5 @+ ]they develop the projects over the next three years and to maintain4 Y) l h& |8 P7 L/ t
an Alberta head office for operating companies associated with the( \, j- m* }2 |* T+ T, H2 f6 i$ }% E: K
projects for the next five years.( D( F d4 L0 q* X
(The Canadian Press) |
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