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In the summer of 2021, Patterson-UTI Energy, which operates 21 active rigs in the Marcellus/Utica (out of 49 active M-U rigs, nearly half of all active M-U rigs!), announced it was buying a smaller competitor, Pioneer Energy Services Corp. (see Patterson-UTI Energy Buying Pioneer Energy Services for $295M). Patterson added Pioneer’s fleet of 16 super-spec