Rice Energy to buy rival Vantage for $2.7bn

US shale player Rice Energy will expand its footprint in the Appalachian basin and enter the Barnett shale through the purchase of rival Vantage Energy in a deal valued at $2.7 billion.

New day: sun shines for Rice as it prepares to become 'premier' gas player
New day: sun shines for Rice as it prepares to become 'premier' gas player
Published 26 September 2016, 20:54Updated 25 October 2016, 15:32
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