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EQT Acquires 53,400 Core Marcellus / Utica Acres in Bankruptcy Bid

EQT Corp Stone Energy Corp.
AnnouncedFeb 9, 2017
TypeProperty
LocationMarcellus Shale
Announced Date
February 09,2017
Effective Date
June 01,2016
Close Date
February 27,2017
Transaction Type
Property
Enterprise Value (EV)($MM)
527




Snapshot
Asset/Basin:
{"Appalachian Basin"}
TargetZones:
{"Marcellus Shale","
Net Acres
Location
Region
Northeast

Country
United States

State
West Virginia

County
Wetzel ,Marshall ,Tyler ,Marion

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Production
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Calculated Metrics( EV/Category)
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EQT has won a bankruptcy auction to acquire 53,400 core net Marcellus acres, including drilling rights on 44,100 net acres in the Utica and current natural gas production of approximately 80 MMcfe per day, from Stone Energy Corp. for $527 million.

Pending final approval by the bankruptcy court at a hearing scheduled for February 10, 2017, the transaction is expected to close on or about February 28, 2017. EQT will finance the acquisition with cash-on-hand.

The acquired acres are within EQT's core liquids-rich development areas -- primarily located in the Wetzel, Marshall, Tyler, and Marion…



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