Monday, June 4, 2007

Loews, XTO Will Buy Dominion's Onshore Oil, Gas Business for $6.5 Billion

(Bloomberg) -- Loew's Corp., the holding company
owned by New York's Tisch family, and XTO Energy Inc. agreed to
buy most of Dominion Resources Inc.'s onshore oil and gas
exploration business for about $6.5 billion.

The sale includes reserves equal to about 3.5 trillion
cubic feet of gas, Richmond, Virginia-based Dominion said in a
statement. Dominion, the second-largest U.S. utility owner, put
the exploration business up for sale in November to raise cash
for debt reduction and share buybacks.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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