The
Denver,
Colorado
explorer
booked
a
$560 million
unrealized
gain
on
commodity
derivatives
as
natural
gas
prices
declined
from
the
prior
year.
The
boost
was
counter-weighed
by
a
$9
million
loss
on
the
sale
of
a
compressor
station
and
$230
million
in
deferred
income
tax
expenses.
Without
these
items,
Antero
Resources’
profit
would
have
been
$72
million
for
the
year
on
sales
of
$392
million,
the
company
said.
Net
production
by
83%
year
over
the
year
to
89
billion
cubic
feet
of
equivalent,
a
rise
Antero
Resources
said
was
primarily
driven
by
new
wells
completed
in
the
Marcellus
Shale…
