Chesapeake Energy Corp.
About
Expand Energy Corp. was formed out of the $7.4 billion merger of Chesapeake Energy Corp. and Southwestern Energy Co.
Combined, Expand Energy replaces EQT as the largest U.S. natural gas producer, with large footprints in the Appalachia and Haynesville shale basins.
Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Expand Energy’s operations are focused on discovering and developing its large and geographically diverse resource base of unconventional oil and natural gas assets onshore in the U.S. The company also owns oil and natural gas marketing and natural gas gathering and compression businesses.
Headquarters Address
Oklahoma City, OK
United States
Website
www.chk.comTransactions
Chesapeake Closes $7.4B Southwestern Deal to Create Expand Energy
Chesapeake Closes $7.4B Southwestern Deal to Create Expand Energy
Chesapeake Energy Refocuses on Shale Gas with Chief, Tug Hill Acquisition
Chesapeake Energy Refocuses on Shale Gas with Chief, Tug Hill Acquisition
Chesapeake Energy Refocuses on Shale Gas with Chief, Tug Hill Acquisition
Chesapeake Energy Refocuses on Shale Gas with Chief, Tug Hill Acquisition
Chesapeake Energy Refocuses on Shale Gas with Powder River Basin Exit
Chesapeake Energy Refocuses on Shale Gas with Powder River Basin Exit
US Shale Pioneer Chesapeake Energy to Buy Gas Producer Vine Energy for $2.2 Billion
US Shale Pioneer Chesapeake Energy to Buy Gas Producer Vine Energy for $2.2 Billion
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New Financings
Announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $1 billion in aggregate…
Priced offering by its wholly-owned indirect subsidiary, Chesapeake Escrow Issuer LLC, of 2026 and 2029…
Chesapeake Energy Corp. has set an expected effective date for the company's reverse stock split,…
Chesapeake Energy Corp., the natural gas giant laden with nearly $10 billion in debt, said Dec. 4 it is…
Chesapeake Energy Corp. announced the final results of its private offers to exchange new 8% senior notes…
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News
Exxon Sits on Undeveloped Haynesville Assets as Peers Jockey for Inventory
Exxon Mobil still quietly holds hundreds of locations in the Haynesville Shale, where buyer interest is strong and inventory is scarce.
Infinity’s Utica Oil Output Rising as Play M&A, Expansion Underway
Securities analysts expect some M&A may be coming from the growing oil and wet-gas results in eastern Ohio, they report, including by newly public Infinity Natural Resources.
‘We’re Not Going Anywhere’: Sabine CEO on Haynesville Growth, M&A Talks
Sabine Oil & Gas CEO Carl Isaac shares insight into the company’s addition of a fourth Haynesville rig and future development plans in the play, in this Hart Energy Exclusive interview.
Expand Lands 5.6-Miler in Appalachia in Five Days With One Bit Run
Expand Energy reported its Shannon Fields OHI #3H in northern West Virginia was drilled with just one bit run in some 30,000 ft.
Lone Star State of Mind: Rockcliff Energy III Sets Sights on Texas Shale Assets
Rockcliff Energy III Executive Chairman Alan Smith and CEO Sheldon Burleson have their Quantum Capital-backed company’s Texas-sized ambition focused on the western Haynesville and the Eagle Ford.
Camino Reportedly Seeking $2B Sale as Midcon M&A Heats Up
Oklahoma producer Camino Natural Resources—one of the Midcontinent’s largest private E&Ps—is reportedly exploring a sale in the range of $2 billion.
The Private Equity Puzzle: Rebuilding Portfolios After M&A Craze
In the Haynesville, Delaware and Utica, Post Oak Energy Capital is supporting companies determined to make a profitable footprint.
Watch for Falling Gas DUCs: E&Ps Resume Completions at $4 Gas
Drilled but uncompleted (DUC) gas wells that totaled some 500 into September 2024 have declined to just under 400, according to a J.P. Morgan Securities analysis of Enverus data.
Back to the Future: US Shale is Growing Up
The Patch’s maturity will be tested in 2025 amid ongoing consolidation and geopolitical dissonance.
BYOP (Bring Your Own Power): The Great AI Race for Electrons
Data-center developers, scrambling to secure 24/7 power, are calling on U.S. producers to meet demand as natgas offers the quickest way to get more electrons into the taps.
Classic Rock, New Wells: Permian Conventional Zones Gain Momentum
Spurned or simply ignored by the big publics, the Permian Basin’s conventional zones—the Central Basin Platform, Northwest Shelf and Eastern Shelf—remain playgrounds for independent producers.
Expand Foresees Drilling U-Turns in Appalachia
As Expand Energy leans into its newly combined Chesapeake-Southwestern acreage, Tim Beard, the company’s vice president of drilling, would be “surprised” if Expand did not drill U-turn wells in the Appalachian Basin.
Expand Keeps Eye on Comstock’s Monster Haynesville Expansion
But while Expand Energy keeps a watchful eye on what its neighbors are doing, the current gas price is too difficult for Expand to dive into the costly far western Haynesville play itself, said Tim Beard, Expand’s vice president of drilling.
Encino’s Tim Parker: Plenty of Utica Oil—and Takeaway Too
Encino Energy's Tim Parker tells Hart Energy's Nissa Darbonne about the economics of drilling in the company's Utica oil development at the DUG Appalachia Conference and Expo.
Exclusive: Harold Hamm’s Top Oil, Gas Goals After Trump Victory
Continental Resources Chairman Harold Hamm helped raise millions of dollars for Donald Trump’s campaign—and he’s got a laundry list of energy goals for the next administration to tackle.