Williams deal would hasten Energy Transfer's Marcellus dominance
June 23, 2015 at 17:02 PM EDT
HOUSTON, June 23 (Reuters) - Williams Companies Inc has spurned Energy Transfer Equity's $48 billion takeover offer for now but a tie-up would give the company a dominant position in the fastest-growing natural gas market in the United States: the Northeast's Marcellus Shale.