** Oil and natgas producer Ring Energy REI.A shares down 16.9% post-market to $1.48 after kicking off follow-on offering
** The Woodlands, Texas-based firm commences $60 mln stock offering
** Co intends to use net offering proceeds to repay debt under credit facility, remainder for general corp purposes
** Mizuho, BofA and Raymond James joint bookrunners
** REI shares rose 7.9% to finish at $1.78 on Tues. Stock has risen 32% over the past month, putting it up ~105% YTD
** Co has ~209.4 mln shares outstanding
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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