Corporate Raider Kimmeridge Likes a Chesapeake/Southwestern Merger

A month ago, MDN shared the rumor that Chesapeake Energy Corporation is sniffing around Southwestern Energy, looking to buy out and merge in its closest O&G peer (see Chesapeake Energy Exploring a Merger with Southwestern Energy). One of Chesapeake’s largest investors, Kimmeridge Energy Management Co. — what the financial industry calls an “activist investor” (which…

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