I noticed the following this morning on Marketwatch:
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Ultra Petroleum Corp. /quotes/comstock/13*!upl/quotes/nls/upl (UPL51.06, +1.21, +2.43%) said it'll pay $400 million to buy 80,000 acres in the PennsylvaniaMarcellus shale, from an unnamed private company. Following theacquisition, Ultra Petroleum will hold approximately 250,000 net acresin this region, with the potential for 1,800 net drilling locations.Ultra Petroleum will finance the acquisition using debt. TheHouston-based natural gas producer expects the transaction to close inlate February 2010.
This has implications for valuation of the Utica shales, n'est-ce-pas?
Best wishes to all,
Joel