Subheadline: The completed transaction adds ARC’s British Columbia and Alberta Montney portfolio to Shell, including more than 1.5 million net acres and approximately 370,000 boe/d of company-reported production.

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Allstream Insiders Summary

Shell plc completed its acquisition of ARC Resources Ltd. on September 2, 2026, following receipt of all required shareholder, court and regulatory approvals. Shell’s completion announcement values the transaction at approximately US$16.5 billion on an enterprise-value basis.

The acquisition adds ARC’s natural gas, condensate, crude oil and natural gas liquids portfolio in the Montney formation of British Columbia and Alberta to Shell. Shell said the acquired business adds approximately 370,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day across liquids and natural gas.

ARC brought more than 1.5 million net acres in the Montney and approximately 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent of proved-plus-probable reserves, based on year-end 2025 information. Shell previously identified approximately 440,000 net acres of its own in the formation.

The closing converts the transaction from a proposed arrangement into a completed acquisition. Shell’s September 2 release does not announce a revised Montney capital program, new facility, pipeline expansion, LNG feedgas commitment or contractor award.

Shell–ARC Acquisition Tracker

Shell now owns ARC’s Montney portfolio

ARC became part of Shell when the plan of arrangement took effect on September 2. The acquisition followed ARC shareholder approval, court approval and regulatory clearances, including approval under Canada’s Investment Canada Act.

Shell reports an updated enterprise value of approximately US$16.5 billion for the completed acquisition.

What Montney assets did Shell acquire?

The transaction adds ARC’s producing and development positions across British Columbia and Alberta. ARC’s principal operating areas include:

• Attachie in British Columbia
• Greater Dawson in British Columbia
• Sunrise in British Columbia
• Septimus and Sundown in British Columbia
• Kakwa in Alberta
• Ante Creek in Alberta

Shell said ARC’s assets add approximately 370,000 boe/d of natural gas and liquids production. The original transaction announcement also identified more than 1.5 million net acres and approximately 2 billion boe of proved-plus-probable reserves at year-end 2025.

Those reserve figures are company estimates and should not be interpreted as a guarantee of future production or project development.

The acquisition expands Shell’s Canadian gas and LNG position

Shell says the ARC portfolio complements its existing Canadian natural gas and LNG business. Shell already held Montney positions including Groundbirch in British Columbia and Gold Creek in Alberta, along with an interest in the LNG Canada export facility.

ARC’s natural gas resources could provide Shell with additional development and marketing options across its Canadian Integrated Gas platform. However, the completion announcement does not establish a new dedicated LNG Canada feedgas agreement, liquefaction expansion, processing facility or pipeline project.

Any future connection between specific ARC development areas and LNG infrastructure would require separate commercial and project-level disclosure.

ARC’s last pre-closing capital plan remains the current public reference

Before closing, ARC maintained a 2026 capital program of C$1.8 billion to C$1.9 billion. ARC reported that drilling and completion work during the first half of 2026 was concentrated primarily at Kakwa and Greater Dawson, with additional activity across its other Montney operating areas.

That capital range was ARC’s guidance as of its July 30 second-quarter update. Shell’s September 2 completion release does not reaffirm the range as a post-closing Shell budget or provide a replacement capital plan.

Contractors and suppliers should therefore distinguish ARC’s pre-closing program from any future Shell integration plan. Changes to development pacing, procurement systems, operating responsibility or approved budgets will require updated direction from Shell or the relevant operating entities.

What does closing mean for contractors and suppliers?

The immediate confirmed change is ownership; Shell has not announced a new contracting strategy for the acquired assets. ARC previously advised suppliers that existing contracts, processes, purchase orders and invoicing procedures would remain unchanged while the transaction was pending.

Because the acquisition has now closed, that pre-closing notice should not be treated as an indefinite commitment regarding future integration. The completion release does not announce contract cancellations, broad rebids, contractor replacements or new procurement packages.

Existing suppliers should rely on formal post-closing communications from Shell, ARC or the applicable contracting entity before changing invoicing, field execution or commercial procedures.

Allstream perspective: ownership has changed, but project scope must still be announced

Shell’s acquisition gives it a substantially larger Montney operating and development position, but the closing itself does not authorize a new construction program. The industrial significance will depend on how Shell integrates ARC’s asset plans with its existing upstream, gas-processing, transportation and LNG interests.

Future development could involve established Montney work categories such as:

• Drilling, completions and production equipment
• Well pads, roads and field infrastructure
• Natural gas gathering and compression
• Processing and liquids-handling facilities
• Pipeline connections, measurement and automation
• Inspection, maintenance and environmental services

These categories are Allstream analysis based on the acquired asset portfolio. They are not new bid packages, solicitations or contractor awards announced by Shell.

The next material evidence for the supply chain will be Shell’s post-closing Montney operating plan, any revised capital allocation, project-specific final investment decisions and formal supplier communications.