Chesapeake

Chesapeake Energy Corp. said Tuesday it has launched a pilot program with environmental monitoring company Project Canary to continuously measure methane emissions and obtain certification that natural gas from Marcellus and Haynesville shale wells is responsibly produced. The agreement includes select well pads in Northeast Pennsylvania and Northwest Louisiana, but the companies said the partnership…

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that the attorney general (AG) can’t use the state’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law against natural gas producers in a setback to the AG’s case alleging landowners were underpaid royalties. The state’s high court reversed a lower court’s decision and ruled 6-1 that the law shields only…

The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s (AG) Office has reached a $5.3 million settlement with Chesapeake Energy Corp. to resolve claims that the company deceived landowners and underpaid royalties on natural gas production. The settlement, which comes more than five years after the state filed a lawsuit, requires Chesapeake to pay restitution to landowners in Northeast Pennsylvania…

Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. on Tuesday put the Chapter 11 process in the rear-view mirror and said it wants to take up the gauntlet to develop its substantial Mother Lode of Lower 48 natural gas. At one time the largest natural gas producer and biggest leaseholder in the onshore, Chesapeake succumbed to bankruptcy last…

Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. on Tuesday put the Chapter 11 process in the rear-view mirror and said it wants to take up the gauntlet to develop its substantial Mother Lode of Lower 48 natural gas. At one time the largest natural gas producer and biggest leaseholder in the onshore, Chesapeake succumbed to bankruptcy last…

Natural gas pipeline giant Williams has received a past-due payment of $112 million from Chesapeake Energy Corp. after a court approved a resolution between the two companies last month as part of the producer’s bankruptcy proceedings. The Tulsa-based pipeliner reached a global resolution in November to continue treating and moving Chesapeake’s natural gas in the…

Chesapeake Energy Corp. has sold its massive Oklahoma asset position to Tapstone Energy LLC for $130.5 million.  Both Oklahoma City producers reached a deal after Tapstone successfully bid for the assets during a bankruptcy auction last week. Tapstone had been selected as the stalking horse bidder last month, when the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the…

A court has authorized Chesapeake Energy Corp. to sell its Midcontinent assets and approved procedures to get the process started.  Under an order issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Chesapeake has until Oct. 22 to designate a stalking horse bidder that would set the bar for the value and…

Chesapeake Utilities Corp. (CPK), headquartered in Dover, Delaware with 240,000 customers from Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the Delmarva Peninsula across its subsidiaries, announced another partnership in the hopes of expanding renewable natural gas (RNG) options for its customers. This time, CPK is partnering with CleanBay Renewables Inc, an enviro-tech company focused on sustainable RNG production. …