Exclusive - Silver Run buys into U.S. shale producer Centennial: source

By Ernest Scheyder HOUSTON (Reuters) - Silver Run Acquisition Corp , run by energy industry veteran Mark Papa, has taken a stake in privately held Centennial Resource Development LLC and plans to develop the crude producer's Texas shale acreage, according to a source familiar with the matter. The move by Silver Run, which went public in February with the aim of investing in U.S. energy companies, is the latest sign that major investors are moving more quickly to secure assets and acreage at depr