- Suncor Energy (NYSE:SU) agrees to acquire an additional 10% working interest in the Fort Hills oil sands project in Alberta from Total (TOT) for $310M, increasing its partnership share in the $15B project to 50.8%.
- As a result of the deal, SU's incremental capital increase to Fort Hills is estimated at just over $1B, of which ~$700M is remaining project spending.
- SU says project engineering is more than 90% complete and construction more than 40%, placing Fort Hills on track for first oil in Q4 2017.
- Following the purchase, TOT will own 29.2% of the project and Teck Resources (TCK) will continue to own the remainder.