Photo by Todd Korol / PST Whitecap Resources continues its acquisitive ways in the oilpatch, securing the biggest deal yet in its 14-year history by snapping up XTO Energy Canada for $1.9 billion.

XTO Energy Canada assets on offer include 568,000 acres in the Montney shale, 85,000 acres in the Duvernay shale and smaller parcels elsewhere in Alberta, Imperial said. Canada's Montney, which ...