TransCanada to buy Columbia Pipeline Group
TransCanada Corp, the company behind the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline project, said it had agreed to buy U.S. natural gas pipeline operator Columbia Pipeline Group Inc in a deal valued at $13 billion.
TransCanada (TRP) will offer $25.50 per share in cash for each Columbia Pipeline share, a 8.5 percent premium to the stock's Thursday close.
Reporting by Swetha Gopinath