Suncor購買Syncrude股份?成為第一大股東

CALGARY,?Alberta?(Bloomberg) — Suncor Energy will have a majority stake in the Syncrude?Canada?oil sands mine after the Canadian petroleum producer bought an additional stake from Murphy Oil Corp.’s Canadian subsidiary.

Following the transaction worth almost C$1 billion ($794 million), Suncor will own 53.74% of the Syncrude operation, the company said Wednesday. The purchase follows Suncor’s takeover of Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., previously the largest shareholder of Syncrude.

Suncor succeeded in winning over resistant Canadian Oil Sands?management?and shareholders after sweetening its offer earlier this year, following a war of words between the companies over the fate of Syncrude. Suncor made two offers before a hostile bid in October and finally secured Canadian Oil Sands?management’s green light for the takeover in January.