Total closes $4B Surmont sale to ConocoPhillips, fully exiting Canadian oilsands

French company TotalEnergies says it has finalized its sale of its 50 per cent stake in the Surmont oilsands project to U.S. oil company ConocoPhillips for $4.03 billion. The logo of TotalEnergies is seen at the company’s headquarters skyscraper in the La Defense business district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Aurelien Morissard

French company TotalEnergies says it has finalized its sale of its 50 per cent stake in the Surmont oilsands project to U.S. oil company ConocoPhillips in a deal worth up to $4.4 billion.

Canadian oil producer Suncor Energy Inc. had announced last April its intention to acquire Total’s share of Surmont as part of a larger $6.1-billion deal that would also see Suncor acquire Total’s stake in the Fort Hills oilsands project.

But ConocoPhillips, the operator and 50 per cent owner of the Surmont project near Fort McMurray, Alta., threw a wrench into those plans by exercising its right of first refusal on the remaining stake.

Suncor says it will still acquire Total’s 31 per cent stake in the Fort Hills oilsands mine for about $1.47 billion.

Suncor has been keen to acquire Total’s oilsands assets in order to secure additional bitumen supply to support its Base Plant upgraders, should the company not get the needed regulatory approval for a mine extension.

Once the Fort Hills deal closes by the end of 2023, Total will have exited the Canadian oilsands entirely.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 4, 2023.

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