Noble Energy Inc. said Monday it was moving into two Texas shale basins with the $2.1 billion acquisition of rival Rosetta Resources. Noble moved to acquire all the common stocks of Rosetta Resources, which hold more than 100,000 net acres in two premier Texas shale basins . “I am excited to announce this strategic transaction which adds two exceptional and material areas to our global portfolio,” Dave Stover, Noble’s top executive, said in a statement. “The Eagle Ford and the Permian are premier unconventional resource plays, two of the most economic in the United States, which will expand our resource base and development inventory and further diversify our portfolio.” Texas is the No. 1 oil producer in the nation. The Railroad Commission of Texas, the state’s energy regulator, said preliminary […]