JFIFHHExifMM*rbj(inHHNatural gas is flared at the Handy Gas Unit #1, a Pioneer Natural Resources well, in Karnes County, Texas, U.S., on Tuesday, June 22, 2010. Reliance Industries Ltd. agreed to pay $1.3 billion to Pioneer Natural Resources Co. and its partner for its se02100100Photoshop 3.08BIMEAGLE FORD SHALEAFINFIN COMMODITIES COMMODITYSHALEDRILLRIGAMERICA NATURAL GAS GAS PRICES FOSSIL FUELSDRILLINGRIGSAMERICAS FOSSIL FUELStandard720090621< 040000+0000P Eddie SealZKennedy\ Karnes County_TXg 102065829i2Reliance Pays $1.3 Billion for Pioneer Shale Assetn Bloombergt 2010 Bloomberg Finance LPx%Natural gas is flared at the Handy Gas Unit #1, a Pioneer Natural Resources well, in Karnes County, Texas, U.S., on Tuesday, June 22, 2010. Reliance Industries Ltd. agreed to pay $1.3 billion to Pioneer Natural Resources Co. and its partner for its second purchase of shale gas assets in the U.S. in three months. The company will pay $263 million up front and fund $1.1 billion of Pioneer and Newpek LLC's drilling costs in a joint venture in the Eagle Ford formation in south Texas, Reliance said in a statement. Photographer: Eddie Seal/BloombergzDA/AE http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/ Karnes County Eddie Seal Natural gas is flared at the Handy Gas Unit #1, a Pioneer Natural Resources well, in Karnes County, Texas, U.S., on Tuesday, June 22, 2010. Reliance Industries Ltd. agreed to pay $1.3 billion to Pioneer Natural Resources Co. and its partner for its second purchase of shale gas assets in the U.S. in three months. The company will pay $263 million up front and fund $1.1 billion of Pioneer and Newpek LLC's drilling costs in a joint venture in the Eagle Ford formation in south Texas, Reliance said in a statement. Photographer: Eddie Seal/Bloomberg © 2010 Bloomberg Finance LP COMMODITIES COMMODITY SHALE DRILL RIG AMERICA NATURAL GAS GAS PRICES FOSSIL FUELS DRILLING RIGS AMERICAS FOSSIL FUEL EAGLE FORD SHALE DA/AE TX 102065829 2009-06-21T04:00:00 C    !'"#%%%),($+!$%$C   $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"5!1A"Q2aq#3BR'!1A"#Qq ?z* ڷ&|S8iF\bM(JOkk &GA(ɓD,p%b4D*@$d /( ?Qޫ&[fS^Wo 0jAPTdRR%ySJxR(NƼ΅A\a]6)1dU$JsP)i DrhGV;E"նS#'P~HTtnW c'u>kj B=^zZ]=9%A9';aM~K8yտɉoX' ͽQB Yk~F%CH|Vb D63d؍Nt(Kw*Gԃ޲v%a" SY |]TSNã&֯7ir"ڜXvvMrr*lA5܌-Gyvףe|pa0^'Y?}ttXRizfeik_KGILB4~Vu\Lq~4]sAQD<#={nnkkf\/y,?l_٘jK9kxE0WQD$˔`2je[*~aӜv xȌpyktcfGy]Bu @CwL2F$Tzt9n/<5<˻X˻xm?j0ݳD/{Rhco97{@&em6-`{0O5l3{ۜ"23=y >syGoloC:{ m\-"u%s_cpC4)((@⺞J1Y]'QK#ڴZIq bkۨ.djYkcpgĒqld㡡Xgމe ARrx''frE i~&~:+~Qcl8r3I7'8^"ʉoT (ě1euQfdmHs=(;ɋόҕ뺛+Md(kQ $wsDp94v M OJCN8Z>}TY`oy:–ݪ,-}mMԍ~@#Vva19$2ё"p;֐lhլM1r~͙62{S\'9t5(T3 e9R,fh,gJ_ó6>JjVIPgߘυ??>Vo`30uV,^&sXQ KIh#b=_-ƣq40@߭l|K,rF^#2E)Ѽ?q⑪ʔoozuwNO~0@EwpC3I'$VsqX hϤ^+܆֢k"q2u`7lw$vg[. g94=c!wnu? ~Wf" EJuAt ;~xA.Q7c %0*<кaTn4Zމ_vhb_JA? .U~ښ?sam;GKm0z.$ml9X\FH2[ 4'xS񾟠jțfd! =:g 㟆.C@ѭe֞6$6hvz.%q+6caC8 їו^H#~<1Uj6ҼY ==ꋭ*g@e4ɟ wǢҪX.GJM,>'BïjE܀a5䈤O8\~k#[:Mw欮AMrXΛqGQJVNk֘XFdĪ䢅ߖ'^i'NR9@> R <%f/|lEe )v@3p(xHT dUYԻ( ʺXנ?78GP/AYAj!\3u9M$y=)}KS =*Reh6HQɟFBEZ,gk Qnpj&Cd˧<Em[\Z #B7%{ҿ7mci /++ily׈n QcBC7 U2\T\ʼ ]9ai1‘"-F(fI&3ޔ '> L=7ӚY@dؚ.SUԑ4TrԩUJ|I{:?Uj?Ь+^r9grYJ밣dRFi$ 9-0zR#NLLY$d֥J{&3uBJy+*TF