On Monday MDN brought you big news from Bloomberg that Gulfport Energy is in talks with Ascent Resources to merge (see Rumor: Gulfport Energy in Talks to Merge with Ascent Resources). Here it is, the end of the week, and we have a new rumor to share, this one from the more-reliable Reuters news service. Super secret sources tell Reuters that privately-held Ascent, Ohio’s largest natural gas producer and the 8th largest natural gas producer in the U.S., is getting ready to go public with an initial public offering (IPO).
On Monday MDN brought you big news from Bloomberg that Gulfport Energy is in talks with Ascent Resources to merge (see 