(Updates)
** Shares of oil and gas transportation firm Equitrans
Midstream Corp ETRN.N rise as much as 8.9% to $12.14 premarket
** EQT Corp EQT.N to buy back its former unit ETRN to
create an integrated natural gas provider valued at more than
$35 bln
** Each outstanding ETRN share to be exchanged for
0.3504 shares of EQT stock; representing a value of $12.50 per
ETRN share
** Transaction expected to close in Q4 of 2024
** EQT down ~3% at $36.40
** Up to last close, ETRN stock up ~10.3% YTD
(Reporting by Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru)
((Srivastava.Vallari@thomsonreuters.com;))