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By Simon Casey and Rachel Adams-Heard

June 10, 2019 at 11:00 AM UTC

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June 10, 2019 at 5:03 PM UTC

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Billionaire Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is expanding his natural gas empire at what looks like the worst possible time. Intentionally.

Jones’s Comstock Resources Inc. announced plans Monday to acquire closely held gas rival Covey Park Energy LLC in a $1.1 billion cash-and-stock deal to add assets in the Haynesville shale region.