Exxon made no bones Monday it was buying XTO for its expertise in cracking shale gas plays, with plans to export that talent to the nearly 3 million acres of shale leasehold it has in Poland, Hungary, and Germany.

yes, lanman, in these situations majors move quickly and the new expertise will get to to Hungary right away...I mean they will have the XTO Boyz look at the data, drilling and testing. if they can contribute we should benefit right away.

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