UPDATE 2-Anadarko Petroleum to sell Texas assets for $2.3 bln

Jan 12 (Reuters) - Oil and gas producer Anadarko Petroleum

Corporation said on Thursday it would sell its Eagleford

Shale assets in South Texas for about $2.3 billion to a

strategic 50/50 partnership formed by Sanchez Energy Corporation

and asset manager Blackstone Group LP.

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