Oct 25 (Reuters) - Canadian oil and gas producer Husky Energy Inc HSE.TO reported a bigger quarterly profit on Thursday, boosted by higher crude oil prices.
Net income rose to C$545 million ($418.27 million), in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, from C$136 million, a year earlier. company's production in the reported quarter decreased to 297,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) from 318,000 boe/d.
Husky made a formal offer to buy MEG Energy Corp MEG.TO days after making a hostile bid for C$6.4 billion ($5 billion), to become an integrated oil company having production and refining capabilities. had rejected Husky's formal offer. ($1 = C$1.30)