From CBC
Shell obtained the shares last year when it sold its oil sands properties
Royal Dutch Shell is selling its entire stake in Canadian Natural Resources for $3.3 billion US.
The Dutch oil giant says it will use proceeds of the sale of almost 98 million shares — about eight per cent of the company — to pay down debt.
Shell got its stake in CNR last year when it sold its interest in a number of oil sands assets to CNR for $11 billion, who paid for the projects through a combination of cash and stock.
Once the deal closes on Wednesday, Shell’s only ownership stake in Alberta’s oilsands will be a 10 per cent share of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project, the vast majority of which is owned by CNR and Chevron.
