Southwestern Sells Fayetteville Shale, Now Focused 100% on M-U

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Some exciting news to share. Southwestern Energy, headquartered in Texas, has cut a deal to sell all of their Fayetteville Shale (Arkansas) assets to Flywheel Energy for $1.865 billion in cash. The sale makes Southwestern a pure play, 100% focused driller on the Marcellus/Utica region (i.e. Appalachia). What will Southwestern do with an extra $1.865 billion? According to their announcement: (1) Spend $900 million of it on retiring IOUs ("notes") previously issued. That is, debt retirement. (2) Buy back up to $200 million in outstanding shares of stock. (3) Spend $600 million of it over the next two years (2019 & 2020) on more Marcellus/Utica drilling. But not just any M-U drilling. Southwestern owns acreage in both northeastern PA and the northern panhandle of WV (with a some acreage in Washington County, PA). According to Southwestern's announcement, the extra $600 million will go to drilling in the company's "liquids-rich Appalachia assets." Northeastern PA is dry dry dry--no liquids. WV landowners brace yourselves--Southwestern will soon bring an extra $600 million (over half a billion dollars) worth of drilling to your area. If you're signed with Southwestern and haven't yet seen drilling, you now stand a much better chance! Here's the exciting news, along with extra resources we've located to better help you understand the news...

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