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Strathcona continues bid to block rival’s MEG takeover

Strathcona, controlled by former investment banker Adam Waterous, is now offering 0.8 of a share for each share of MEG. That would value the Calgary-based target at around C$7.8 billion ($5.7 billion), based on Friday’s close. The new price is about 10% higher than Strathcona’s original takeover bid and tops the price Cenovus agreed last month to pay for MEG.

Russia-China Gas Deal May Seal New Gas World Order

The signing of the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline deal by the presidents of Russia and China was perhaps the biggest news to come out of the two leaders’ meeting earlier this month. It was also the deal that may very well make the new global natural gas flow order permanent, potentially interfering with President Trump’s energy dominance ambitions.