SM ENERGY ANNOUNCES HIGHLY ACCRETIVE $2.0 BILLION UINTA BASIN ACQUISITION, 11% INCREASE TO FIXED DIVIDEND AND RELOADED $500 MILLION SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM PR NewswireSM Energy to Acquire Uinta Basin Assets from PE-Firms for $2 Billion The Wall Street JournalSM Energy Said to Near $3 Billion Deal for XCL Resources BloombergAnother Billion-Dollar U.S. Oil Acquisition Is on the Horizon OilPrice.comSM Energy nears XCL Resources acquisition at $3bn valuation Yahoo Finance