Coal Co. Murray Energy Sells 5,900 OH Utica Acres – Who Bought?

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silhouette questionYesterday Murray Energy, which operates coal mines in Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Utah, and West Virginia, announced it had sold the leases for 5,900 of the acres it owns in Belmont and Monroe counties (in eastern Ohio) to an unidentified shale driller for $63.6 million. That works out to be ~$10,800 per acre. According to Murray officials, the sale will allow the company to focus on its core activity--coal mining. The money will also help the company stay out of bankruptcy court. The sale, which is slated to close "in the coming weeks" doesn't ID the buyer. But we have a guess as to who bought...

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