Utica Driller Gulfport Energy Considers Merger with Encino Energy

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Sources whispering to Bloomberg say that Gulfport Energy, the third-largest driller in the Ohio Utica Shale (by the number of wells drilled), is having exploratory talks with Encino Energy about selling itself to/merging with Encino. In March the rumor mill said Gulfport was in talks to sell itself to Ascent Resources (see Rumor: Gulfport Energy in Talks to Merge with Ascent Resources). It appears those talks didn’t go anywhere. What about this time?

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