3 月 10 日，总部位于阿尔伯塔省卡尔加里的Whitecap Resources和Veren Inc.表示，已同意以全股票交易的方式合并业务，交易价值为 150 亿加元（104.3 亿美元）。

Whitecap 和 Veren 计划创建一家轻质油和凝析油生产商，其资产集中在阿尔伯塔省蒙特尼和凯博杜韦奈，占地 150 万英亩，拥有超过 4,800 个潜在钻井地点。

两家公司表示，预计合并后公司的日均产量为 370,000 桶油当量（63% 为液体），其中约 220,000 桶油当量/天来自阿尔伯塔省的蒙特尼和杜韦奈地区。

合并后公司的企业价值将达到 150 亿加元，部分基于 WTI 价格 70 美元/桶。两家公司表示，合并后公司在西加拿大沉积盆地的非常规和常规资产方面将有相当大的重叠，天然气增长潜力“巨大”。

Whitecap 和 Veren 预计，此次合并预计将带来每年超过 2 亿加元（1.4 亿美元）的协同效应。

Whitecap 总裁兼首席执行官 Grant Fagerheim 表示：“我们很高兴能够将两家异常强大的资产基础整合在一起，创建一家世界级的能源生产商，该公司拥有最深厚的库存增长组合，包括富含液体的 Montney 和 Duvernay 机会，以及西加拿大盆地一些最赚钱的区块中的传统轻质油机会。”

根据协议，Veren 股东每持有一股 Veren 普通股将获得 1.05 股 Whitecap 普通股。

合并后的公司将由 Whitecap 现有的管理团队以 Whitecap 名义领导，四名 Veren 董事将加入 Whitecap 董事会，其中包括 Veren 现任总裁兼首席执行官 Craig Bryksa。

该交易预计将在5月30日之前完成。

National Bank Financial Inc. 和 TD Securities 担任 Whitecap 的财务顾问。Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP 担任 Whitecap 此次交易的法律顾问。

BMO Capital Markets 担任 Veren 的财务顾问，丰业银行担任 Veren 特别委员会的财务顾问。Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP 担任 Veren 此次交易的法律顾问，Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP 担任特别委员会的法律顾问。

Calgary, Alberta-based Whitecap Resources and Veren Inc. have agreed to combine businesses in an all-share transaction valued at CA$15 billion (US$10.43 billion), the companies said March 10.

Whitecap and Veren plan to create a light oil and condensate producer with concentrated assets in the Alberta Montney and Kaybob Duvernay across 1.5 million acres with more than 4,800 potential drilling sites.

Pro forma, the combined company would average 370,000 boe/d (63% liquids)— with approximately 220,000 boe/d of unconventional light oil from the Alberta Montney and Duvernay , the companies said.

The merged company’s enterprise value would be CA$15 billion, partially based on WTI prices of US$70/bbl. The company would substantial overlap in both unconventional and conventional assets in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, with “significant” natural gas growth potential, the companies said.

Whitecap and Veren expect the merger to have anticipated annual synergies of over CA$200 million (US$140 million).

“We are excited to bring together two exceptionally strong asset bases to create one world-class energy producer with one of the deepest inventory growth sets of both liquids-rich Montney and Duvernay opportunities, along with conventional light oil opportunities in some of the most profitable plays in the Western Canadian basin,” said Grant Fagerheim, Whitecap’s president and CEO.

Under the agreement, Veren shareholders will receive 1.05 common shares of Whitecap for each Veren common share held.

The combined company will be led by Whitecap's existing management team under the Whitecap name with four Veren directors to join the Whitecap’s board, including Craig Bryksa, the current president and CEO of Veren.

The transaction is expected to close before May 30.

National Bank Financial Inc. and TD Securities acted as financial advisers to Whitecap. Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP is acting as Whitecap's legal advisor for the transaction.

BMO Capital Markets is acting as financial adviser to Veren, and Scotiabank is acting as financial adviser to the special committee of Veren. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP is acting as Veren's legal advisor for the transaction and Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP is acting as legal advisor to the special committee.