Shell bids for oil sands expansion

Royal Dutch Shell today banked on the profitability of Canadian oil sands with a £3.6bn (€5.4) offer for the 22% of Shell Canada it does not already own.

Shell bids for oil sands expansion

Royal Dutch Shell today banked on the profitability of Canadian oil sands with a £3.6bn (€5.4) offer for the 22% of Shell Canada it does not already own.

The Anglo-Dutch firm offered 40 Canadian dollars (€28.24) per share for the stake – a 22% premium to the company’s closing share price on the Toronto stock exchange Friday.

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