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. 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