Shell divests oil sands interests in Canada for $7.25 bn

The company sold its stakes to Canadian Natural Resources Limited

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BS B2B Bureau The Hague, Netherlands

Last Updated : Mar 10 2017 | 2:22 PM IST

Royal Dutch Shell Plc has signed two agreements to sell all of its in-situ and undeveloped oil sands interests in Canada and reduce its share in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP) from 60 percent to 10 percent. Shell will remain as operator of AOSP’s Scotford upgrader and Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.

Under the first agreement, Shell will sell to a subsidiary of Canadian Natural Resources Limited its entire 60 percent interest in AOSP, 100 percent interest in the Peace River Complex in-situ assets, including Carmon Creek, and a number of undeveloped oil sands leases in Alberta,

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