Cenovus Energy Inc. has signed a cash-and-stock deal to buy MEG Energy Corp. that values the company at $7.9 billion, including debt. The deal comes after Strathcona Resources Ltd. made an unsolicited offer for MEG in May that the company urged shareholders to reject.

Cenovus Energy (NYSE:CVE) agreed to acquire MEG Energy (OTCPK:MEGEF) in a cash and stock deal valued at C$7.9B (~US$5.7B) including debt, creating one of Canada's largest oil sands companies, the companies announced Friday.

Canada's Cenovus Energy announced on Friday it will acquire MEG Energy in a C$7.9 billion ($5.68 billion) cash-and-stock deal, ending weeks of speculation that it would emerge as a white knight for MEG,