BP will buy part of Devon Energy assets for $ 7 billion

London (Reuters) - British oil company BP has agreed to purchase Devon Energy assets in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the Gulf of Mexico for $ 7 billion, companies on Thursday said. BP will also sell Devon Energy 50 percent of the Kirby oil and Kirby oil project in Canada for $ 500 million, and the companies will create a joint venture to develop this field. Analysts are difficult to assess the assets acquired by BP, as they include deposits, whose stocks are still unknown. According to the ICAP analyst Colin Smith, as a result of the transaction, VR reserves will grow on 140 million barrels of oil equivalent. Devon in November announced a program for the sale of assets, during which the company hopes to help out $ 7.5 billion to focus on land oil and gas fields in North America. Earlier, the company sold a share in three deep -sea deposits in the Gulf of Mexico for $ 1.3 billion. As a result of the transaction, BP will acquire 5.6 percent of the shares of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshi block from Devon Energy (ACHG) in Azerbaijan. BP - the operator of the development of the ACH block, after the transaction, its share will increase to 39.77 percent. (Tom Bergin. Translated by Denis Pshenichnikov. Editor Anton Zverev)