PetroChina to acquire 60% stake in MacKay River and Dover oil-sands from Athabasca Oil Sands Corp.
Tue. September 01, 2009; Posted: 03:23 PM
Sep 01, 2009 (Datamonitor Financial Deals Tracker via COMTEX) --
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PowerRating -- Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. has entered into a series of agreements with PetroChina Company Limited, a China-based producer and seller of oil and gas, pursuant to which PetroChina will acquire a 60% working interest in AOSC's MacKay River and Dover oil sands projects for CAD1,900 million (1,741.5 million). Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. is a Canada-based oil sands company.
The projects are located in the centre of the Athabasca area in northeastern Alberta and have been independently assessed to contain approximately 5,000 million barrels of best case contingent bitumen resource.
As a result of this investment, the projects would be operated as joint venture.
Deal Value (US$ Million) 1741.5
Deal Type Acquisition
Sub-Category Asset Purchase
Deal Status Announced: 2009-08-31
Deal Participants
Target (Company) Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. - MacKay River and Dover Oil-Sands Projects - Canada
Acquirer (Company) PetroChina Company Limited
Vendor (Company) Athabasca Oil Sands Corp.
% Acquisition 60%
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