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Canada’s Suncor continues talks to buy TotalEnergies’ Fort Hills oil sands stake

FILE PHOTO: The Suncor Energy logo is seen at their head office in Calgary

By Rod Nickel

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada’s Suncor Energy is continuing talks with French oil major TotalEnergies about buying its nearly one-third stake in the Fort Hills oil sands mine, Suncor’s CEO said on Tuesday.

Chief Executive Rich Kruger said he expects a resolution of the talks this year. Canada’s second-largest oil producer is looking to increase its bitumen supplies to replace its aging Base Mine.

“We generally would prefer to operate and have 100% ownership of our assets; that's generally where we think we can add the most value and be the most competitive,” Kruger said on a quarterly conference call. "Fort Hills would fit into that."

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Total owns a 31.23% stake in Alberta's Fort Hills, with the operator Suncor owning the rest.

Suncor agreed in April to buy Total’s Canadian operations for C$5.5 billion ($4.08 billion), including Total’s Fort Hills interest and its 50% stake in the Surmont facility. However, ConocoPhillips, which operates Surmont, exercised its right of first refusal to buy Total’s stake instead of Suncor, triggering a review of Suncor’s deal with Total.

Kruger said Suncor also has internal options to increase its long-term bitumen supply.

Suncor shares dipped 0.6% in Toronto, registering a smaller loss than its Canadian peers. On Monday, Suncor reported a sharp drop in quarterly profit as oil and gas prices retreated from last year’s peak.

Kruger, a former Imperial Oil CEO, took the helm of Suncor in April and promised to improve the company’s poor record on worker safety and operational reliability.

($1 = 1.3477 Canadian dollars)

(Reporting by Rod Nickel in Winnipeg, Manitoba; editing by Jonathan Oatis)