Energy Antitrust Weekly: Chesapeake/Southwestern Deal Gets Second Request; FTC Releases Statement Approving Global Partners, Gulf Oil Acquisition and Protecting Maine Home Heating Oil and Diesel Buyers; HSR Period Expirations for Chord/Enerplus and Sunoco/NuStar
Second request pushes Chesapeake/Southwestern deal back. Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK) and Southwestern Energy Company’s (SWN) planned merger received a second request from the FTC on April 4, with regulators seeking more information about the impacts of a merger that’s expected...