After half-hearted attempts to exploit North Texas' natural gas field, several major oil companies recently signed multibillion-dollar deals with independent natural gas outfits that drill here.
The latest move came Monday, when Chesapeake Energy Corp. announced it sold a quarter of its Barnett Shale assets for $2.25 billion to France's Total S.A., the fifth-largest integrated oil company in the world.
Source: Dallas Morning News
