** Shares of oil and gas producer HighPeak Energy Inc
HPK.O jump 15.2% to $31.02 in premarket trade
** HPK says evaluating a potential sale of the company
** HPK expects to become cash flow positive by second half
of 2023
** Co also plans to reduce drilling operations to four rigs
from six
** Predicts 2023 average production of 47,000-53,000 barrels
of oil equivalent per day (boepd)
** Co averaged 35,750 boepd in Q3, 2022
** Stock had gained 56.2% last year
(Reporting by Sourasis Bose in Bengaluru)
((Sourasis.bose@thomsonreuters.com))