Dominion buys Louis Dreyfus

From: The Journal Record | Date: September 11, 2001| Author: Ray Carter The Journal Record | Copyright information

Dominion, a Virginia-based company with a 22,000-megawatt generation portfolio and natural gas holdings, will acquire Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas in Oklahoma City in a $2.3 billion cash and stock transaction, it was announced Monday.

The acquisition will increase Dominion's natural gas reserves by 60 percent and expand its energy trading business. When the purchase is completed, Dominion's E&P unit will own more than 4.6 trillion cubic feet equivalent of proved reserves, an increase of m...

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