Securities analysts expect some M&A may be coming from the growing oil and wet-gas results in eastern Ohio, they report, including by newly public Infinity Natural Resources.
The 12-year-old privately held E&P Ascent Resources produced 2.2 Bcfe/d in the fourth quarter, including 14% liquids from the liquids-rich eastern Ohio Utica.
Underwriters of Infinity Natural Resources’ January IPO have fully exercised options to purchase additional Class A common stock at $20 per share.
CPP Investments is considering a sale or IPO of Encino Acquisition Partners following January’s IPO of fellow Utica Shale E&P Infinity Natural Resources.
Infinity Natural Resources CEO Zack Arnold told Hart Energy the newly IPO’ed company will stick with Ohio oil, Marcellus Shale gas.
Private-equity-backed Infinity Natural Resources’ IPO pricing on Jan. 30 gives a first look into market valuation for Ohio’s new tight-oil Utica play. Public trading is to begin the morning of Jan. 31.
U.S. energy bankers see capital, generalist investors and even an appetite for IPOs returning to the upstream space.
Venture Global’s pre-IPO pricing at $25 a share valued the Gulf Coast LNG operator at some $65 billion, but shares fell below $25 by about 3% in trading Jan. 24.
LNG exporter Venture Global nearly halved the price per share, while increasing the number of shares it expects to offer.
Shares for artificial lift specialist Flowco Holdings spiked 23% in their first day of trading. Flowco CEO Joe Bob Edwards told Hart Energy that the durability of artificial lift and production optimization stands out in the OFS space.