EQT Corp. said Tuesday that it would spend $683 million for nearly 60,000 net acres in the Appalachian Basin and acquire West Virginia pure-play Trans Energy Inc. in a related tender offer to buy all of the company’s outstanding shares. EQT said it would spend $513 million to purchase 42,600 net acres in Marion, Wetzel and Marshall counties, WV, from Trans Energy and its privately-owned joint venture partner Republic Energy Inc. The Marcellus Shale heavyweight said it would spend another $170 million to acquire 17,000 net acres in Washington, Westmoreland and Greene counties, PA, from an undisclosed third party. In all, the acquisitions would boost EQT’s Marcellus position to 400,000 acres.
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机译：殷拓集团（EQT Corp.）周二表示，将斥资6.83亿美元，在阿巴拉契亚盆地（Appalachian Basin）上占地近6万英亩，并以相关要约收购方式收购西弗吉尼亚州的纯能源公司Trans Energy Inc.，以收购该公司的所有流通股。殷拓集团表示，将斥资5.13亿美元从Trans Energy及其私有合资伙伴Republic Republic Inc.手中收购西弗吉尼亚州马里恩，韦泽尔和马歇尔县的42,600英亩净面积。马赛勒斯页岩重量级企业表示，将再花费1.7亿美元收购来自未公开的第三方在华盛顿，威斯特摩兰和宾夕法尼亚州格林县的净土地面积为17,000英亩。总体而言，这些收购将使殷拓的Marcellus地位提升至40万英亩。
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