Sunoco LP will buy Canada-based Parkland in a deal valued at about $9.1 billion, including debt, the U.S. fuel supplier said on Monday, a move that would create the largest independent fuel distributor in the Americas.

Transaction would create largest independent fuel distributor in the Americas; deal includes Parkland's 650 Canadian retail sites and 211

In separate releases May 5, the companies both pointed to the complementary asset base that “enables advantaged fuel supply and further diversifies Sunoco's portfolio and