NEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) - Antero Resources, an oil andnatural gas company controlled by Warburg Pincus LLC, ispreparing for an initial public offering that could value it atas much as $10 billion, three people familiar with the mattersaid on Monday.
The Denver, Colorado-based company has hired Barclays Plc, JP Morgan Chase & Co and Citigroup Inc to lead the deal, two of the people said on condition ofanonymity because the plans are private. The company could cometo the stock market later this year, they added.
Barclays, Citigroup and Warburg declined to comment.JPMorgan could not be reached for comment. (Reporting By Michael Erman and Olivia Oran, Additionalreporting by Greg Roumeliotis)