據道瓊斯5月7日消息，美國最大的天然氣生產商EQT公司表示，該公司將以29億美元現金和股票收購小型競爭對手Alta資源開發公司的資產。這筆交易將使這家總部位于匹茲堡的天然氣生產商在東北部的馬塞勒斯頁巖油區塊獲得一席之地，同時該公司也在阿巴拉契盆地進行擴張。該公司將為這筆交易支付10億美元現金，并發行約19億美元的股票。Alta資源開發公司旗下凈面積30萬英畝的區塊每日生產約10億立方英尺的天然氣。EQT還將購買300英里的收集管道以及其他資產，這些收集管道將天然氣從開采地點輸送到加工廠或傳輸管道。

　　張春曉 摘譯自 道瓊斯

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　　EQT to Scoop Up Smaller Shale Rival's Assets for $3B

　　EQT Corp., the largest US natural gas producer, says it will scoop up the assets of smaller rival Alta Resources Development LLC for $2.9B in cash and stock. The deal puts the Pittsburgh gas producer in a new spot in the northeastern Marcellus shale, another expansion of the company's growing footprint in the Appalachian basin. It's paying $1B in cash and issuing about $1.9B in shares. Alta's 300,000 net acres produce about 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. EQT is also buying 300 miles of gathering pipelines, which move gas from wells to processing plants or transmission pipelines, among other assets.