News that engineers from PetroChina will soon be trudging over Western Canada's oil sands, home to the biggest oil deposits outside Saudi Arabia, is a welcome boost for the region. Not only does the Chinese company's $1.7bn investment value Athabasca Oil Sands' reserves more highly than other recent deals, it represents a rare influx of capital, full stop. Oil majors have shelved projects in the area since the slide in the oil price.
有关中石油(PetroChina)的工程技术人员不久将参与开发加拿大西部油砂资源的消息，对该地区是一个可喜的提振。这里的石油储量仅次于沙特阿拉伯。中石油17亿美元的投资，对阿萨巴斯卡油砂公司(Athabasca Oil Sands)储量的估值高于近期其它交易，还代表着少见的资本流入，就这么简单。自油价下滑以来，西方大型石油公司已经搁置了该地区的项目。
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