私人控股的尤蒂卡页岩油生产商 Ascent Resources 在 3 月 7 日的电话会议上告诉投资者和分析师，该公司正在考虑 IPO 或通过并购退出。

但高管们表示，如果选择 IPO 或并购退出路线，而不是继续维持现状，那么公开市场（买家）将需要向这家 2.2 Bcfe/d 运营商的现有投资者投入比他们已经通过分配和回购获得的更多的现金。

在其第四季度的产量中，14%为液体，全部来自俄亥俄州东部：51,554 桶/天，来自其运营的 918 口尤蒂卡油井，其中包括 14,011 桶/天的石油和 37,543 桶/天的 NGL。

Privately held Utica Shale oil producer Ascent Resources is considering an IPO or an M&A exit, it told investors and analysts in a call March 7.

But going the IPO or M&A-exit route versus continuing as-is would require the public market—or a buyer—to throw more cash to the 2.2 Bcfe/d operator’s existing investors than they’re already earning in distributions and buybacks, executives said.

Of its fourth-quarter output, 14% was liquids, all from eastern Ohio: 51,554 bbl/d, from its 918 operated Utica wells, consisting of 14,011 bbl/d of oil and 37,543 bbl/d of NGL.