https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/two-top-u-s-natural-gas-producers-to-combine-in-13-billion-dealContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/two-top-u-s-natural-gas-producers-to-combine-in-13-billion-dealhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/two-top-u-s-natural-gas-producers-to-combine-in-13-billion-deal#u163323Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:02:02 +0000EQT has agreed to buy Range Resources in an all-stock transaction valued at $13 billion to establish the nation's largest natural gas producer. The blockbuster Appalachian merger unites two top United States fracking giants to create an industry behemoth. The deal arrives as consumers face higher fuel costs and artificial intelligence power demands drive new interest in natural gas. Range Resources stock jumped following news of the transaction. The massive corporate tie-up positions the combined entity at the absolute forefront of domestic energy production.Why it mattersThe transaction