Deals
Sinopec Group to Buy Stakes in Devon Energy Oil Projects
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China Petrochemical Corp., the second-largest Chinese oil company, agreed to buy a one-third stake in five Devon Energy Corp. exploratory oil projects in the U.S. for $900 million to expand holdings of reserves trapped in shale.
The company, known as Sinopec Group, will pay $900 million in cash and as much as $1.6 billion in Devon’s future drilling costs, funding 125 wells in the coming year, according to a statement from Devon today.