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Alberta regulator toughens financial test for oil, gas asset buys
2016-06-22 00:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Alberta Energy Regulator has toughened rules determining if companies are financially strong enough to buy oil and gas assets, a move some energy industry players warned on Tuesday could hamper mergers and acquisition in the province. The regulator announced that companies seeking to buy oil and gas wells will need to show their deemed assets exceed their deemed liabilities by a ratio of 2.0 or more after the purchase. Previously, deemed assets had to be equal to deemed liabilities. More than...
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