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Chesapeake Focusing on Completions, Renegotiating Contracts as Rig Count Collapses, Capex Declines

Chesapeake Focusing on Completions, Renegotiating Contracts as Rig Count Collapses, Capex Declines

Chesapeake Energy Corp., once the most active producer in the U.S. onshore, has reduced its rig count to less than 10 and cut capital spending by more than half as it shores up its balance sheet for the long haul. With a fourth quarter loss of more than $2.2 billion, the No. 2 U.S. natural gas producer also is continuing to negotiate with midstream partners to revise contracts that better fit its downgraded development plans.

February 24, 2016

Companies Lose Legal Battle to Extend Oil, Gas Leases in NY

In two separate but related cases in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, a judge has ruled that energy companies can’t use the state’s de facto moratorium against high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) as an excuse to invoke force majeure to extend expiring oil and natural gas leases.

November 26, 2012

Chesapeake Vows to Appeal $100M Gas Lease Judgment

Chesapeake Energy Corp. on Wednesday said it would appeal a U.S. District Court decision Tuesday that ordered the producer to pay more than $100 million for reneging on agreements to purchase some natural gas mineral rights in Texas four years ago.

July 12, 2012