EQT/Tug Hill Deal Came Only After PA AG, FTC Changed Deal Terms

We should have known there was a price to pay, a "pound of flesh" to be exacted, when we read the announcement that the Bidenistas of the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) had approved EQT's deal to buy Tug Hill's West Virginia assets. Two days ago, EQT issued a press release to announce the deal had been blessed by the FTC and would happen within the next seven days (see Bidenistas at FTC Clear EQT to Complete Buyout of Tug Hill & XcL). A day later, yesterday, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office issued its version of the news, stating approval by the FTC (and the AG's office) came only after both the FTC and the AG screwed with the deal and changed the terms of the deal. We should have known.

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