Hess Announces Sale of 74,000 Utica Shale Acres; Aubrey McClendon the Buyer?
A Hess Corporation press release announced that the company has agreed to sell about 74,000 acres of its dry gas acreage in the Utica shale to a third party. The press release did not disclose who bought the acreage.
However, the Wall Street Journal reports that it was Aubrey McClendon's new company, American Energy Partners LP:
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However, the Wall Street Journal reports that it was Aubrey McClendon's new company, American Energy Partners LP:
As that article mentioned, American Energy has raised another half billion in funding. Bloomberg reports:American Energy Partners LP, led by Aubrey McClendon, continues to bulk up in Ohio’s Utica Shale, purchasing natural-gas fields from Hess Corp. for $924 million, according to people familiar with the matter.Hess said Wednesday it struck an agreement to sell 74,000 acres in the Utica to an undisclosed buyer. The company has sold more than $7.8 billion in assets over the past year to raise cash and narrow its focus on growing oil output in the U.S.Hess issued fourth-quarter financial results on Wednesday, reporting a profit of $1.93 billion, up from $374 million in the year-ago period. It will use the proceeds from the Utica sale to repurchase stock.American Energy Partners said on Wednesday that an affiliate had raised $500 million to invest in wells across the country, but a spokesman for the company declined to comment on the Utica deal.
American Energy Partners LP, the energy company founded by former Chesapeake Energy Corp. CEO Aubrey McClendon, raised as much as $500 million through an affiliate to acquire stakes in U.S. onshore oil and natural gas deposits.
The funds will be used to purchase non-operated working interests, the Oklahoma City-based company said today in a statement. Houston-based private-equity firm Energy & Minerals Group, led by John T. Raymond, is the exclusive private equity investor, with additional equity provided by management of the affiliate, known as American Energy - NonOp LLC.You can view the entire Hess press release after the jump.
Hess Corporation Announces Sale of Utica Dry Gas Acreage |
Proceeds from these sales will be used for additional share repurchases as they are in excess of those associated with the divestiture program announced by the Company on
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This news release contains projections and other forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These projections and statements reflect the company’s current views with respect to future events and financial performance. No assurances can be given, however, that these events will occur or that these projections will be achieved, and actual results could differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risk factors. A discussion of these risk factors is included in the company’s periodic reports filed with the
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For Hess CorporationInvestor Contact: Jay Wilson 212-536-8940 or Media Contact: Sard Verbinnen & Co Michael Henson/Patrick Scanlan 212-687-8080 |
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