Suncor Energy has agreed to sell some natural gas properties in Alberta to an undisclosed buyer for about C$235 million. The properties, known as Rosevear and Pine Creek, are in the Edson/Whitecourt area west of Edmonton, AB. Current production is 20.5 MMcf/d of natural gas and 540 b/d of liquids. The sale has an effective date of Jan. 1, 2010 and is expected to close in April. Still to be sold are some gas properties in Western Canada and the U.S. Rockies, all Trinidad and Tobago assets, and some noncore North Sea assets,which includes assets in The Netherlands. Suncor, which is focusing mostly on its oilsands production in Canada, said it has reached agreement to sell assets worth about C$1.54 billion.

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