Independent explorer and producer, LINN Energy, has acquired oil properties worth about $434 million. The company bought oil properties in the Bakken play, in North Dakota, from Concho Resources for $196 million. The other two are bolt-on acquisitions in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico for $238 million. The Bakken deal is expected to be completed by March 31, 2011, while the remaining two will be closed by April 2011.
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