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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is wading into the struggling Canadian energy industry, taking a stake in oil-sands producer Suncor Energy Inc.
The purchase of 10.8 million shares, disclosed in a filing, was valued at $300.9 million. That marks at least the second time the Omaha-based firm has owned Suncor’s stock; Berkshire previously held a 22.3 million-share stake, which it sold in 2016. Canada’s oil producers have been through a turbulent patch since the middle of last year after pipeline bottlenecks caused a plunge in local crude prices. Suncor’s shares were beaten up amid the turmoil, falling to a two-year low in late December.