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Monday, April 1, 2013

total Dumps Canadian Oil Sands Project for $1.65bn Loss

total Dumps Canadian Oil Sands Project for $1.65bn Loss

France’s Total SA (NYSE: TOT) will sell its 49% stake in its Canadian oil sands project to Suncor Energy Inc. for $500 million, netting the French oil giant a $1.65 billion loss on the beleaguered project. Total would have had to spend another $5 billion (at least) on the Alberta oil sands Voyageur Upgrader project over the next five years—an investment that cannot be justified according to its executives. The project is beleaguered by increasing labor costs, a shortage of labor and the falling prices of Canadian heavy crude against…Read more...http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Total-Dumps-Canadian-Oil-Sands-Project-for-1.65bn-Loss.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+oilpricecom+%28Oil+Price.com+Daily+News+Update%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

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