Blackstone Energy Partners and Sanchez Energy Announce Acquisition of Anadarko’s Eagle Ford Acreage

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blackstone (NYSE:BX) (“Blackstone”) today announced that funds managed by Blackstone Energy Partners L.P. have entered into a strategic 50/50 partnership with Sanchez Energy Corporation (NYSE:SN) (“Sanchez”) to acquire Anadarko Petroleum Corporation’s (NYSE:APC) (“Anadarko”) working interest in approximately 318,000 gross acres in the Western Eagle Ford for approximately $2.3 billion.