A little over a month ago MDN told you the rumor that Antero Resources, a private drilling company headquartered in Denver, CO with major drilling operations in the Marcellus Shale (311,000 acres) and the Utica Shale (92,000 acres) would go public this year (see Rumor Has It: Antero Resources Will Go Public This Year). Looks like the rumor was right.
Yesterday, Antero filed paperwork with the Securities & Exchange Commission to float an initial public offering (IPO) sometime this year. Antero’s announcement (see below) does not list the number of shares nor the price they hope to get, although Reuters is reporting the company hopes to raise up to $1 billion with the IPO…
