{
  "id": 16601494,
  "title": "Gas: EQT gobbles up Range Resources in billion-dollar acquisition",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/gas-eqt-schluckt-range-resources-bei-milliarden-ubernahme",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-26T12:30:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/energie/gas-eqt-schluckt-range-resources-bei-milliarden-uebernahme/100264976.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "EQT Corp is acquiring Range Resources in an all-stock deal valued at over $50 billion, including debt. The acquisition will create the largest and only vertically integrated natural gas producer in the US. EQT shareholders will own about 73% of the new company, with Range Resources investors owning 27%. The combined company will produce over 250 million cubic feet of natural gas equivalent per day and have a 30-year supply of drilling reserves. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027.",
  "summary": "This will create the largest integrated natural gas producer in the USA. The deal is worth more than $50 billion including debt. Completion is expected in the first quarter of 2027.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Der Standard Wirtschaft",
        "title": "Milliarden-Übernahme im US-Gasmarkt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/milliarden-ubernahme-im-us-gasmarkt",
        "published": "2026-10-26T15:12:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}