Ascent Resources Floats $400M in New IOUs to Pay Down Older Debt

Ascent Resources, originally founded as American Energy Partners by gas legend Aubrey McClendon, is a privately-held company that focuses 100% on the Ohio Utica Shale. Ascent is Ohio’s largest natural gas producer and the 8th largest natural gas producer in the U.S. The company announced yesterday it is floating new "senior notes" (we call them IOUs) to retire or pay off other notes coming due.

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