PARIS (Reuters) - French oil and gas major Total (PA:TOTF) said on Thursday that it has agreed to buy up to 50.8 million shares of Clean Energy Corp’s (O:CLNE) common stock for $83.4 million, to become its largest stockholder with a 25 percent stake.
Total said the two companies have entered into a broad strategic agreement to drive deployment of new natural gas heavy-duty trucks in the North American market.
It added that Total will provide a $100 million credit support for Clean Energy's plan to launch an innovative leasing programme to place thousands of new natural gas heavy-duty trucks on the road and fuelling at Clean Energy stations.