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Imperial Oil to sell remaining 497 Esso stations to five fuel distributors for $2.8 billion

Roughly two-thirds of the 1,700 Esso stations across Canada have been operated by wholesalers for about 15 years, with the remainder of the Esso stations now set to follow the same model.

CALGARY C Imperial Oil Ltd. is getting from the retail gasoline business in a $2.8-billion deal announced Tuesday to divest all of its company-owned Esso stations.

The Calgary-based gas and oil company announced it was selling its remaining 497 Esso stations across Canada to numerous retail-focused gasoline distributors Tuesday.

Imperial has been steadily selling-off its fuel stations of which there are 1,700 across Canada, for quite some time.

Tuesday’s deal divides in the ownership from the company’s remaining 497 fill-up stations to various companies across Canada, including Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., 7-Eleven Canada Inc., Harnois Groupe, Parkland Fuel Corp. and Wilson Fuel Co.

“We believe these agreements represent the easiest way for Imperial to develop within the highly competitive Canadian fuels marketing business,” Imperial president and CEO Rich Kruger said in a release.

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