March 15 (Reuters) - Natural gas producer EQT Corpsaid on Thursday Steven Schlotterbeck had resigned immediatelyas chief executive officer, just over a year after he tookcharge.
The company said former CEO David Porges would succeedSchlotterbeck on an interim basis.
Shares of the company were down 1.1 percent at
Last month, EQT said it would spin off its midstreambusiness to create a standalone publicly traded company,yielding to months of pressure from shareholders.
The company said on Thursday it is making "solid progressand remains on track to complete the spinoff".