Chevron Corporation has announced today that it has agreed to acquire oil and gas assets, primarily 228,000 net leasehold acres, in the Marcellus Shale from Chief Oil & Gas LLC and Tug Hill, Inc.
Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close before the end of the second quarter, were not disclosed.
George Kirkland, vice chairman, Chevron Corporation , said, “ This opportunity is aligned with our strategy to acquire early-in-life assets with long-term organic growth potential. Over the last year, Chevron has acquired nearly five million net acres of shale gas assets in the United States, Canada, Poland and Romania .”
“ This expansion of our shale gas portfolio gives us additional high-quality resources with strong growth potential, as well as proximity to and synergy with existing operations ,” said Gary Luquette, president of Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company .
The acreage, which is principally located in southern Pennsylvania, will give Chevron an estimated five trillion cubic feet of additional natural gas resource in its Marcellus Shale operations.
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Source: Chevron, May 4, 2011;