据路透社10月30日报道，切萨皮克能源公司周二表示正在以近40亿美元的价格收购石油生产商WildHorse资源开发公司，因为它希望在原油价格上涨期间提高石油产能。
位于总部位于奥克拉荷马的石油和天然气生产商表示，每股WildHorse股东将持有5.989股切萨皮克普通股，或者持有每股股票的5.336股切萨皮克股票和3美元现金股票。
WildHorse的股票在盘前交易中飙升13.5％至20.50美元，而切萨皮克股价下跌8％至3.42美元。
此次收购预计将使切萨皮克在德克萨斯州东南部的Eagle Ford页岩和Austin Chalk地层中获得约420,000个高利润净土地，并帮助它节省2亿至2.8亿美元的年度成本。
李方征 编译自 路透社
原文如下：
Chesapeake to buy oil producer WildHorse in $4 billion deal
Chesapeake Energy Corp is buying oil producer WildHorse Resource Development Corp in a nearly $4 billion deal, it said The Oklahama-based oil and natural gas producer said each WildHorse shareholder will get either 5.989 shares of Chesapeake common stock, or a combination of 5.336 shares of Chesapeake stock and $3 in cash, for each share they hold.
WildHorse's shares surged 13.5 percent to $20.50 in premarket trading, while Chesapeake shares slumped 8 percent to $3.42.
The acquisition is expected to give Chesapeake about 420,000 high-margin net acres in the Eagle Ford shale and Austin Chalk formations in Southeast Texas, and help it save between $200 million and $280 million in annual costs.
