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11 March 2010 - 09H12  

BP to pay 7 bln dlrs for Devon Energy assets
British oil giant BP said Thursday it will pay US firm Devon Energy seven billion dollars for assets in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the Gulf of Mexico.
British oil giant BP said Thursday it will pay US firm Devon Energy seven billion dollars for assets in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the Gulf of Mexico.

AFP - British oil giant BP said Thursday it will pay US firm Devon Energy seven billion dollars for assets in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the Gulf of Mexico.

The Brazilian assets mark BP's entry into the emerging market country.

BP chief executive Tony Hayward said the deal was a "strategic opportunity," which fit well with the company's other global interests.

As part of the deal, BP will sell half of its Canadian oil sands project at Kirby in Alberta province, to Devon Energy for 500 million dollars.

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