UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 *
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Agrium, Inc.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Shares
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(Title of Class of Securities)
008916108
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(CUSIP Number)
September 29, 2000
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(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this
Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule
pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:
[ ] Rule 13d-1(b)
[X] Rule 13d-1(c)
[ ] Rule 13d-1(d)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be
filled out for a reporting person's initial filing
on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment
containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of
this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed"
for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject
to the liabilities of that section of the Act but
shall be subject to all other provisions of the
Act (however, see the Notes).
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13G
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CUSIP No. 008916108 PAGE 2 OF 6 PAGES
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1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
(ENTITIES ONLY)
Unocal Corporation, I.R.S. No.: 95-3825062
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2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A
GROUP*
(a) / /
(b) /X/
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3) SEC USE ONLY
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4) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
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NUMBER OF (5) SOLE VOTING POWER -0-
SHARES -----------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY (6) SHARED VOTING POWER
6,805,895
OWNED BY -----------------------------------
EACH (7) SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER -0-
REPORTING -----------------------------------
PERS0N (8) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH 6,805,895
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(9) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING PERSON
6,805,895
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(10) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions)
/ /
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(11) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN
ROW 9
5.8%
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(12) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
CO
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13G
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CUSIP No. 008916108 PAGE 3 OF 6 PAGES
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1) NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
(ENTITIES ONLY)
Union Oil Company of California,
I.R.S. NO.: 95-1315450
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2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A
GROUP*
(a) / /
(b) /X/
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3) SEC USE ONLY
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4) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
California
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NUMBER OF (5) SOLE VOTING POWER -0-
SHARES -----------------------------
BENEFICIALLY (6) SHARED VOTING POWER 6,805,895
OWNED BY ------------------------------
EACH (7) SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER -0-
REPORTING ------------------------------
PERS0N (8) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH 6,805,895
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(9) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING PERSON
6,805,895
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(10) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions)
/ /
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(11) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW
9
5.8%
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(12) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
CO
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Item 1.
(a) Name of Issuer:
Agrium, Inc.
(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive
Offices:
13131 Lake Fraser Drive S.E., Calgary,
Alberta, Canada T2J 7E8
Item 2.
(a) Name of Person Filing:
Unocal Corporation
Union Oil Company of California, a wholly-
owned subsidiary of Unocal Corporation
(b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if
none, Residence:
2141 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 4000, El
Segundo, California 90245 (for both
Unocal Corporation and Union Oil Company of
California)
(c) Citizenship:
Unocal Corporation, a Delaware corporation
Union Oil Company of California, a California
corporation
(d) Title of Class of Securities:
Common Shares
(e) CUSIP Number:
008916108
Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to
Rules 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b), check
whether the person filing is a:
Not applicable.
Item 4. Ownership
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned:
6,805,895
(b) Percent of Class:
5.8%
(c) Number of shares as to which
such person has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct
the vote 0
(ii) shared power to vote or to
direct the vote 6,805,895
(iii) sole power to dispose or to
direct the disposition of 0
(iv) shared power to dispose or
to direct the disposition of
6,805,895
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Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a
Class
Not applicable.
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on
Behalf of Another Person.
Not applicable.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the
Subsidiary Which Acquired the
Security Being Reported on By the Parent
Holding Company
Not applicable.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of
Members of the Group
Not applicable.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of a Group
Not applicable.
Item 10. Certification
By signing below I certify that, to the best
of my knowledge and belief, the securities
referred to above were not acquired and are not
held for the purpose of or with the effect of
changing or influencing the control of the issuer
of the securities and were not acquired and are
not held in connection with or as a participant in
any transaction having that purpose or effect.
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my
knowledge and belief, I certify that the
information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.
Unocal Corporation
(Reporting Person)
Date: October 10, 2000
By: /S/ Joe D. Cecil
Name: Joe D. Cecil
Title: Vice President
and Comptroller
Union Oil Company of
California
(Reporting Person)
Date: October 10, 2000
By: /S/ Joe D. Cecil
Name: Joe D. Cecil
Title: Vice President and
Comptroller
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JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
The undersigned each agree as follows: (i)
that certain statement on Schedule 13G relating to
the Common Shares of Agrium, Inc., a Canadian
corporation, is filed on behalf of each of them,
(ii) such Statement on Schedule 13G is adopted by
each of them, (iii) all future amendments to such
Statement on Schedule 13G will, unless written
notice to the contrary is delivered as described
below, be jointly filed on behalf of each of them,
and (iv) the provisions of Rule 13d-1(f)(1) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
apply to each of them. This Agreement may be
terminated with respect to the obligation to file
jointly future amendments to such Statement on
Schedule 13G as to any of the undersigned upon
such person giving written notice thereof to each
of the other persons signatory hereto, at the
principal office thereof.
EXECUTED as of October 10, 2000.
UNOCAL CORPORATION
By: /S/ Joe D. Cecil
Name: Joe D. Cecil
Title: Vice President and
Comptroller
UNION OIL COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA
By: /S/ Joe D. Cecil
Name: Joe D. Cecil
Title: Vice President and
Comptroller
