Dominion to Buy Natural Gas Firm From: The Washington Post | Date: September 11, 2001| Author: Peter Behr | Copyright 2001 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Dominion Resources Inc., the Richmond-based energy holding company that owns Virginia's largest electricity supplier, said yesterday that it will buy an Oklahoma natural gas company for $2.3 billion, a transaction that would boost its gas reserves by 60 percent.

The purchase of Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas Corp., for a combination of cash, stock and assumed debt, was described by Dominion officials as a long-term gamble that natural gas prices will climb because of the fuel's use to gener...

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