Norway’s Statoil buys US shale gas land

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OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norwegian energy company Statoil ASA says it has bought 70,000 acres of land rich in gas and liquid gas in West Virginia and Ohio.

The $590 million deal expands the company’s assets in the Marcellus Shale gas deposits in the Appalachian region.

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