American Energy Partners Subsidiary Buys 30% Share of Plugging Co.

Earlier this week MDN told you of the curious case of American Energy Partners, Inc.--a company headquartered in Allentown, PA that appears to have nothing to do with Aubrey McClendon's now-closed American Energy Partners (see American Energy Partners Invests in “Tier I” Marcellus Assets). We highlighted a press release from the enigmatic AEP announcing investments in "Tier I" Marcellus assets (although no specifics were revealed). We received a note from AEP following that story to say another press release would follow, yesterday. And indeed it did. AEP announced yesterday that its drilling subsidiary, called Gilbert Oil & Gas Company, has just invested in a plugging & abandonment company focused on the Marcellus/Utica. Once again there were no specifics, other than Gilbert now owns 30% of the unnamed plugging company. Here's the press release...

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