Enbridge acquires Montney natural gas assets from Murphy Oil Corp.

On April 1, 2016, Enbridge G and P Canada Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., closed the previously announced $538 million acquisition of Tupper Main and Tupper West gas plants and associated sales gas pipelines in northeastern BC from the Canadian subsidiary of Murphy Oil Corporation, and entered into a long term Midstream Services Agreement for processing and transportation of Murphy’s produced gas. 

Cameron Hughes of Dentons Canada LLP led the team advising Enbridge Inc. which included Barry Zalmanowitz (competition), Bernie Roth (regulatory), George Antonopoulos, Courtney Burton, Dan Collins and Kim Martyn (corporate). 

Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP advised as counsel to Murphy Oil Corporation with a team that included Alicia Quesnel, Carolyn Wright, Gina Ross, Hazel Saffery, Brittney LaBranche and Sydney Black.