Cenovus selling Pelican Lake operations to Canadian Natural for $975 million
CALGARY – Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX;CVE) is selling its Pelican Lake heavy oil operations in northern Alberta for $975 million cash to Canadian Natural Resources (TSX;CNQ).
The two Calgary-based companies announced the transaction separately early Tuesday. They expect the deal to close by the end of September.
Cenovus says it will apply proceeds from the sale towards money borrowed when it acquired most of the Canadian assets of ConocoPhillips in a $17.7-billion deal announced in March.
It said at the time that some of the ConocoPhillips deal would be funded by selling its Alberta conventional assets and other non-core assets.