Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:44 am
Total SA plans to acquire 100% of the equity of Maersk Oil & Gas AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of AP Moller-Maersk AS of Copenhagen, for $4.95 billion in Total shares. Total also will assume $2.5 billion of Maersk Oil’s debt as part of a move that bolsters the French supermajor’s North Sea position.