Apollo, Riverstone Partner on $7B El Paso Deal

Private equity firms Apollo Global Management and Riverstone Holdings have teamed up to bid around $7 billion for all of El Paso Corp's exploration and production assets, Reuters wrote, citing people familiar with the matter. El Paso's oil and gas assets include acreage in the Eagle Ford field of south Texas, one the most lucrative producing areas in the country, Reuters wrote.

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