LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - One of the world's largest oilcompanies, Royal Dutch Shell, expects its roughly $49billion takeover of rival BG Group to conclude in "a matter ofweeks", it said on Wednesday.
The oil major, updating the market one week ahead of ashareholder meeting to vote on the deal, also said it expectedfull-year core earnings of $10.4-10.7 billion, slightly below acompany- provided consensus of $10.8 billion.
It maintained its 2016 capital investment target of $33billion and its 2016-18 asset sales projection of $30 billion,provided its acquisition of BG goes through.
(Reporting by Karolin Schaps; editing by Susan Thomas)