马塞勒斯页岩先驱公司 Range Resources Corp. 的总裁兼首席执行官杰夫·文图拉 (Jeff Ventura) 将于今年夏天退休。

Range 在 3 月 16 日收盘后表示，文图拉计划从 6 月 2 日起辞去这家总部位于沃思堡页岩油公司的领导职务。他不会寻求连任 Range 董事会成员。

Range 董事会任命现任执行副总裁兼首席运营官丹尼斯·德格纳 (Dennis Degner) 为公司下一任总裁兼首席执行官。

文图拉于 2003 年加入 Range，担任首席运营官，之前曾担任 Matador Petroleum Co. 的总裁兼首席运营官。监管文件显示，他于 2008 年 5 月成为 Range 的总裁，并于 2012 年 1 月成为首席执行官。根据该公司2022年4月的最新代理材料，文图拉现年64岁。

Range表示，Ventura在Marcellus的发现和开发中发挥了重要作用，该公司声称是在2004年率先开发的。

文图拉在新闻稿中表示：“我对我们共同取得的成就感到非常自豪，特别是在宾夕法尼亚州，我们在那里开创了 Marcellus 页岩，并将 Range 发展成为该国十大天然气和液化天然气生产商。” 。

Degner 将在 5 月 10 日举行的 Range 年度股东大会上接任领导职务。他还将获得公司董事会席位的提名。

“丹尼斯的领导力和技术技能增强了 Range 的运营战略、业绩和公司文化，”文图拉说。“他在过去十年里 Range 的成长和成功中发挥了关键作用，并且是 Range 合适时间的合适领导者。”

上个月，媒体报道称，二叠纪盆地的先锋自然资源公司正在考虑收购 Range Resources 的交易。

先锋公司否认了这些报道，并在 2 月 24 日的新闻稿中表示，该公司并未“考虑重大业务合并或其他收购交易”。

Range Resources 没有立即回应 Hart Energy 关于领导层换届或潜在出售的置评请求。

Range公司在2月份的第四季度财报中报告称，2022年Range的天然气、液化天然气和石油销售额总计49.1亿美元，高于2021年的32.2亿美元。该公司2022年净利润为11.8亿美元，较2021年的4.1178亿美元同比增长187%。

Jeff Ventura, president and CEO of pioneering Marcellus Shale player Range Resources Corp., will retire this summer.

Ventura plans to step down from his leadership roles at the Fort Worth-based shale company effective June 2, Range said after markets closed on March 16. He will not seek reelection to the Range board of directors.

Range’s board tapped Dennis Degner, currently executive vice president and COO, to become the company’s next president and CEO.

Ventura joined Range in 2003 as COO after previously serving as president and COO at Matador Petroleum Co. He became Range’s president effective May 2008 and CEO in January 2012, regulatory filings show. According to the company’s latest proxy materials from April 2022, Ventura was 64 years old.

Range said Ventura was instrumental in the discovery and development of the Marcellus, which the company claims to have pioneered in 2004.

“I am very proud of what we have accomplished together, specifically in Pennsylvania, where we pioneered the Marcellus shale and matured Range into a top-ten producer of natural gas and natural gas liquids in the country,” Ventura said in a news release.

Degner will take over leadership duties effective at Range’s annual shareholder meeting on May 10. He will also be nominated for a seat on the company’s board.

“Dennis’ leadership and technical skills have enhanced Range’s operational strategy, performance and company culture,” Ventura said. “He has played a key role in Range’s growth and success over the past decade and is the right leader at the right time for Range.”

Last month, media reports indicated that Permian Basin pure-play Pioneer Natural Resources was weighing a deal to acquire Range Resources.

Pioneer denied the reports and said the company was not “contemplating a significant business combination or other acquisition transaction” in a Feb. 24 press release.

Range Resources did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Hart Energy about the leadership transition or a potential sale.

Range’s sales of natural gas, NGL and oil totaled $4.91 billion in 2022, up from $3.22 billion in 2021, the company reported in fourth-quarter earnings in February. The company’s 2022 net income was $1.18 billion, up 187% year over year from $411.78 million in 2021.