Potential Chesapeake-Southwestern merger could mark trend in more natural gas-focused deals
The rumored merger between Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. (Nasdaq: CHK) and Spring-based Southwestern Energy Co. (NYSE: SWN) marks a potential major deal with a focus on natural gas, while last year’s megadeals in the upstream shale sector were more driven by oil assets. Click through to the story to learn why we could soon see more natural gas-focused M&A deals.
