殼牌出售10億加拿大油氣資產

Shell has struck a deal with Canadian Tourmaline Oil Corp for the sale of oil and gas acreage worth over US$1 billion, as part of its US$30-billion divestment plan. The assets span 206,000 acres, both developed and undeveloped, in Alberta and British Columbia, with a total daily production rate of 24,850 barrels of oil equivalent.The deal will comprise a cash payment of US$758 million plus US$279 million worth of Tourmaline stock, and is scheduled to close by the end of the year. According to the buyer, the acquisitions will raise its total output immediately by 13 percent and add probable reserves of 474 million barrels to its portfolio. Tourmaline plans to double the current output from the properties within the next two years.In Canada, Shell will keep—at least for now—its 650,000 acres in two Albertan shale plays, plus its oil sands property in the northern part of the province.