Chesapeake to acquire Vine Energy in deal valued at $2.2B

Chesapeake Energy Corp. and Vine Energy Inc. announced an agreement for Chesapeake to acquire Vine, a Plano, Texas-based company focused on development of natural gas properties in the over-pressured stacked Haynesville and Mid-Bossier shale plays in northwest Louisiana. In a release, the companies described the acquisition as a zero-premium transaction valued at approximately $2.2 billion base...