Pengrowth Energy buys NAL for $1.9bn

Poised for growth: Pengrowth Energy drills into light oil market with NAL Energy acquisition

Canada’s Pengrowth Energy is to acquire compatriot NAL Energy Corporation in a $1.9 billion deal to expand its light oil portfolio.

Toronto and New York-listed Pengrowth Energy is offering 0.86 shares for every NAL share under the deal, meaning NAL shareholders will own 26% of the newly combined outfit.

The deal is expected to close at the end of May after shareholders of both companies vote on the transaction.

Pengrowth chief executive Derek Evans said the tie-up would enhance the company’s cash flow base and augment its light oil drilling inventory by adding 28,200 barrels of oil equivalent per day in output.

He said the larger company would be better equipped to fund key projects such as the Lindbergh steam-assisted gravity…

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