Glimmer of Hope for Utica Drilling in Northeastern Ohio

Eastern OH counties Aubrey McClendon, then-CEO of Chesapeake Energy, was the first major shale driller to recognize the promise of the Utica Shale play in Ohio (see Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon Talks to Jim Cramer About the Utica Shale in Eastern Ohio). He once famously said the Utica is “the biggest thing to hit

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FERC Sides with Energy Transfer Against Chesapeake re Pipe Contract

click for larger version On Sunday, June 28, Chesapeake Energy, with major operations in the northeast Pennsylvania Marcellus, filed for bankruptcy (see Chesapeake Files for Bankruptcy – Debtors to Take Ownership). As part of the filing, the company asked the bankruptcy court to allow it to break existing, legal, enforceable contracts with several pipeline companies,

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Chesapeake, FERC in fight over pipeline contracts

Chesapeake Energy wants to terminate a $300 million pipeline contract in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, Kallanish Energy reports. That request has been opposed by pipeline giant Texas-based Energy Transfer. Now the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is supporting Energy Transfer and is getting involved in the ongoing legal fight, Reuters reported. FERC has argued in

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Chesapeake Bankruptcy Puts PA Landowner Royalty Lawsuits on Hold

On Sunday a week ago (June 28) Chesapeake Energy filed for bankruptcy (see Chesapeake Files for Bankruptcy – Debtors to Take Ownership). As part of the filing, the company asked the bankruptcy court to allow it to break existing, legal, enforceable contracts with pipeline companies (see Chesapeake Asks Court to Break Pipeline Contracts, Including M-U).

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Chesapeake Asks Court to Break Pipeline Contracts, Including M-U

We’ll try not to sound arrogant, but once again *only* MDN nailed it–which is why you subscribe, right? Yesterday we brought you the news that Chesapeake Energy has finally filed for bankruptcy (see Chesapeake Files for Bankruptcy – Debtors to Take Ownership). In our opening paragraph, we told pipeline companies according to the language we

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Chesapeake’s Existing Stockholders Wiped Out – Shares Delisted

On Sunday Chesapeake Energy filed for bankruptcy (see Chesapeake Files for Bankruptcy – Debtors to Take Ownership). Yesterday the New York Stock Exchange, on which Chesapeake shares (CHK) trade, halted trading and immediately began proceedings to delist the stock.This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Chesapeake Energy Corp. files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Low oil and gas prices amid the coronavirus pandemic proved to be the final blow for Chesapeake Energy Corp. as it filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy over the weekend, according to The Wall Street Journal. Although Chesapeake is the latest debt-laden oil and gas company to file for bankruptcy, it may not be the last.

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Reuters: Chesapeake Energy May File for Bankruptcy This Week

We’ve been on bankruptcy watch for Chesapeake Energy for some time now. We told you yesterday that the company faced a $17 million debt payment deadline yesterday, and faces a $134 million bond interest payment on July 1 (see Doug Lawler Drilled Chesapeake’s Grave – Not Aubrey McClendon). If the company is going to declare

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PA Supremes Hear Oral Arguments in Can of Worms Royalty Lawsuit

On Wednesday the Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case challenging whether or not the state Attorney General’s office has the right to use a consumer protection law to prosecute companies like Chesapeake Energy and Anadarko over royalty payment shenanigans. The law the AG’s office wants to use has never been used that

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Chesapeake looks to sell Haynesville assets

Comstock Resources is in talks to purchase Chesapeake Energy Corp’s Haynesville shale assets in Louisiana, according to Reuters, who cited sources familiar with the matter. If the companies can come to a concrete agreement, the deal could be worth more than $1 billion. At this time, Comstock and Chesapeake have settled on a basic structure

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Fed Court OKs OH Class Action Royalty Lawsuit Against Cheseapeake

In 2017 a group of Ohio landowners did what others had previously done in Pennsylvania, Texas and elsewhere–they filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Chesapeake Energy claiming Chessy had screwed them and about 1,000 other Ohio landowners out of a collective $30 million in royalty payments (see OH Landowners File Royalty Class Action Lawsuit

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Chesapeake Swings to Profit in 2Q, Investors Still Punish Stock

Chesapeake stock performance last 5 yrs (click for larger version) Chesapeake Energy released its second quarter 2019 update yesterday. The company continues its mission to transform itself from a natural gas producer into an oil producer. The company is on track to produce 250,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil in 2019 (averaging 122,000 bpd

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Chesapeake Energy shares tumble amid cash flow concerns

Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s shares reversed course yesterday, trading down nearly 12% as Wall Street analysts raised concerns about its debt level and the impact of spending on its cash flow, according to Reuters. Concerns of Chesapeake overspending come as investors are pressing oil and gas producers to cut their budgets and save cash for dividends

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Rice Team revises EQT board slate to 7 from 9

Toby Z. Rice and Derek A. Rice, EQT shareholders trying to wrest control from the executives and board of the U.S.’s largest natural gas producer, said last week they’re reducing the size of their slate of nominees for the EQT board to seven from nine, Kallanish Energy reports. The change was motivated by EQT’s announcement

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Are Marcellus/Utica Shale Drillers Financially Healthy?

This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. We read on a regular basis in mainstream media that shale companies spend more money than they bring in, and that investors are growing tired of pumping money into companies without a

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