(February 11, 2010, Beijing) PetroChina Company Limited ("PetroChina' or "the Company', HKSE: 0857; NYSE: PTR; SSE: 601857) announced today that after PetroChina having obtained the approvals from the PRC and the Canadian governments in respect of the acquisition of certain oil sands assets from Canada's Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. ("AOSC'), PetroChina International Investment Company Limited and AOSC officially entered into the documents related to the acquisition on February 10, 2010 and completion simultaneously took place in Calgary, Alberta.
PetroChina International Investment Company Limited, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of PetroChina, will jointly develop the oil sands projects at MacKay River and Dover with AOSC pursuant to the terms of the acquisition agreement.
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PetroChina Company Limited
Hong Kong:
Mao Zefeng
Fax: (852) 2899 2390
Tel: (852) 2899 2010
E-mail: hko@petrochina.com.hk
General Administration Department (original PR Department):
Yuan Xinxiang
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Tel: (8610) 5998 6037
E-mail: yuanxx@petrochina.com.cn
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Shirley Lo
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EverBloom Investment Consulting Ltd. Co.
Di Shen
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Tel: (8610) 5166 3828
E-mail: di.shen@everbloom.com.cn