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14y agoCHKM CHKChesapeake Midstream Partners, L.P. Announces Closing of Global Infrastructure Partners’ Purchase of Chesapeake Energy Corporation’s GP and LP Ownership InterestsBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE:CHKM) today announced that Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has closed the previously announced acquisition of all of Chesapeake Energy Corporation’s (NYSE:CHK) (Chesapeake) ownership interests in the Partnership. GIP paid $2.0 billion to acquire Chesapeake’s general partner and limited partner interests. Today’s closing ...
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Closing of Sale of Its Interests in Chesapeake Midstream Partners, L.P. to Global Infrastructure Partners for $2.0 Billion, Resulting in a Pretax Gain of $1.0 BillionBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced that Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has closed the previously announced acquisition of all of Chesapeake’s ownership interests in Chesapeake Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE:CHKM) for $2.0 billion, resulting in an anticipated pretax gain to Chesapeake of approximately $1.0 billion.
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Reconstituted BoardBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced the appointment of five new independent directors to its reconstituted nine-member Board of Directors.
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Declares Quarterly Common and Preferred Stock DividendsBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a $0.0875 per share quarterly dividend that will be paid on July 31, 2012 to common shareholders of record on July 16, 2012. Chesapeake has approximately 662 million common shares outstanding. In addition, Chesapeake’s Board has declared dividends on its outstanding con ...
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Preliminary Voting Results from Annual Shareholder MeetingBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) announced preliminary voting results from its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held today at the company’s Oklahoma City headquarters. The voting results are as follows:
14y agoCHKM CHKChesapeake Midstream Partners, L.P. Announces Global Infrastructure Partners’ Purchase of Chesapeake Energy Corporation’s GP and LP Ownership InterestsBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE:CHKM) today announced that Global Infrastructure Partners has agreed to acquire all of Chesapeake Energy Corporation’s (NYSE:CHK) (Chesapeake) ownership interest in CHKM for $2.0 billion. The acquisition, which is expected to close by June 29, 2012, will result in GIP’s ownership of 100% of CHKM’s general partner interest an ...
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Plan to Sell Its Midstream Assets in Three Transactions for Total Expected Cash Proceeds of More Than $4.0 BillionBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced plans to sell its midstream assets in three separate transactions for total expected cash proceeds of more than $4.0 billion. The midstream divestitures will also enable Chesapeake to reduce previously budgeted capital expenditures by approximately $3.0 billion over the next three years.
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Agrees with Two Largest Shareholders on Plan to Reconstitute Board of DirectorsBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) today announced that following extensive discussions with its two largest shareholders, Southeastern Asset Management and Carl C. Icahn and his affiliated entities, who own, respectively, approximately 13.6% and 7.6% of the Company’s common stock, Chesapeake has agreed to a plan to reconstitute its Board of Directors by addi ...
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Significant New Discovery in the Hogshooter Play of the Texas Panhandle and Western OklahomaBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) today announced a significant new discovery in the Hogshooter play in the Anadarko Basin of the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma. Chesapeake owns approximately 30,000 net acres in the play, which are more than 90% held by production (HBP) from its legacy deeper Granite Wash production.
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Comments on Icahn’s 13D FilingBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) today issued the following statement regarding the Schedule 13D filed late today by affiliates of Carl Icahn with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing ownership of approximately 7.56% of Chesapeake’s common stock:
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Releases Letter to ShareholdersBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today released a letter to shareholders addressing certain issues recently raised by the Comptroller of the City of New York, John C. Liu, who oversees New York City pension funds that beneficially own less than 0.25% of Chesapeake’s common shares outstanding. The letter, which outlines numerous rece ...
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Reduces Board CompensationBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced that it has adopted a new compensation arrangement for outside directors that reduces compensation by approximately 20% and eliminates the use of fractionally owned aircraft for personal travel by outside directors. The Board has taken this action in consultation with an independent c ...
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Increases Term Loan to $4.0 Billion Based on Strong Investor DemandBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced it has increased the size of a previously announced unsecured term loan from Goldman Sachs Bank USA and affiliates of Jefferies Group, Inc. from $3.0 billion to $4.0 billion based on strong investor demand. The loan was syndicated to a large group of institutional investors and priced at 97% of par. The net pr ...
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Enhances Financial Flexibility with $3.0 Billion Unsecured Loan to Be Repaid from 2012 Asset SalesBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced it has entered into a $3.0 billion unsecured loan from Goldman Sachs Bank USA and affiliates of Jefferies Group, Inc. The net proceeds of the loan, after payment of customary fees and original issue discount (if any), will be utilized to repay borrowings under the company’s existing corporate revolving credit ...
14y agoSEMG CHK RRMS CHKMSemGroup Corporation, Chesapeake Energy and Gavilon Finalize Glass Mountain Pipeline Joint Venture AgreementsBusiness WireTULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A subsidiary of SemGroup® Corporation (NYSE:SEMG), an affiliate of Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), and Gavilon, LLC, today announced the formation of Glass Mountain Pipeline LLC and the signing of definitive agreements to build the previously announced 210-mile crude oil pipeline. Construction of the pipeline is expected to begin this summer and be commissi ...
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Confirms SEC Informal InquiryBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) today confirmed that the company and its Chairman and CEO, Aubrey K. McClendon, have been notified by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that its Fort Worth Regional Office has commenced an informal inquiry and requested that the company and Mr. McClendon retain certain documents. The SEC noted in its request, whic ...
14y agoCHK XOM CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Reports Financial and Operational Results for the 2012 First QuarterBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced financial and operational results for the 2012 first quarter. For the 2012 first quarter, Chesapeake reported a net loss to common stockholders of $71 million ($0.11 per fully diluted common share), ebitda of $597 million (defined as net income (loss) before income taxes, interest expense, and depreciation, de ...
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Board and Aubrey K. McClendon Agree to Early Termination of Founder Well Participation ProgramBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced that its Board of Directors has renegotiated the terms of the company's Founder Well Participation Program (FWPP) with Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Aubrey K. McClendon to provide for the early termination of the FWPP on June 30, 2014, 18 months before the end of its current term on December 31, 2015. M ...
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation’s Board and CEO Aubrey K. McClendon Agree to Negotiate Early Termination of Founder Well Participation ProgramBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced that its Board of Directors has determined that it does not intend to extend the company’s Founder Well Participation Program (FWPP) with its chief executive officer, Aubrey K. McClendon, beyond its present 10-year term ending December 31, 2015. The Board of Directors and Mr. McClendon have committed to negoti ...
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation General Counsel Henry J. Hood Issues StatementBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) General Counsel Henry J. Hood issued the following statement in response to recently published media reports: “The Founders Well Participation Program (FWPP) has been in place since the company’s founding and was reapproved by shareholders by a wide margin in 2005. The terms and procedures for the program are clear and detail ...
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Its Service Industry Affiliate Chesapeake Oilfield Services Files IPO Registration StatementBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) announced today that its wholly owned service industry affiliate Chesapeake Oilfield Services, Inc. has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) relating to the proposed initial public offering (“IPO”) of shares of its Class A common stock. Application will be made to list the Class A ...
14y agoCHK BX MS XOM+1Chesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Three Oil and Gas Asset Monetization Transactions for Proceeds of $2.6 BillionBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced three oil and gas asset monetization transactions for total proceeds of approximately $2.6 billion in cash.
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Announces 2012 First Quarter Operational Update and Financial Results Release Date and Conference Call InformationBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) has scheduled its 2012 first quarter operational update and financial results to be released after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, May 1, 2012.
14y agoCHK EVEP CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Partnership with M3 Midstream LLC and EV Energy Partners, L.P. to Build the Largest Integrated Midstream Service Complex in Eastern Ohio for Approximately $900 MillionBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY & HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced the execution of definitive agreements to build the largest integrated midstream service complex in eastern Ohio. Chesapeake, through affiliates of its wholly owned subsidiary, Chesapeake Midstream Development, L.P. (CMD), has entered into a partnership with M3 Midstream LLC (Momentum) and EV Energy ...
14y agoGE CHK CHKMGE and Chesapeake Energy Corporation Announce Collaboration to Speed Adoption of Natural Gas as Transportation FuelBusiness WireHOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE (NYSE: GE) and Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) today announced a collaboration to develop infrastructure solutions that will help accelerate the adoption of natural gas as a transportation fuel. This groundbreaking technology and services project marks a significant milestone toward increasing energy independence in the United States through the increased use ...
14y agoCHK KKR CHKMKKR and Chesapeake Energy Corporation Form Partnership to Invest in Mineral Interests and Overriding Royalty InterestsBusiness WireHOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co L.P. (together with its affiliates, “KKR”) and Chesapeake Energy Corporation (“Chesapeake”) (NYSE:CHK) today announced the formation of a partnership to invest in mineral interests and overriding royalty interests (together, “royalties”) in key oil and gas basins in the United States.
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Declares Quarterly Common and Preferred Stock DividendsBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a $0.0875 per share quarterly dividend that will be paid on April 30, 2012 to common shareholders of record on April 16, 2012. Chesapeake has approximately 662 million common shares outstanding. In addition, Chesapeake’s Board has declared dividends on its outstanding c ...
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Reports Financial and Operational Results for the 2011 Fourth Quarter and Full YearBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced financial and operational results for the 2011 fourth quarter and full year. For the 2011 fourth quarter, Chesapeake reported net income to common stockholders of $429 million ($0.63 per fully diluted common share), ebitda of $1.375 billion (defined as net income before income taxes, interest expense, and depr ...
14y agoMMM CHK CLNE CHKM3M and Chesapeake Energy Corporation Partner to Create New CNG Tank TechnologyBusiness WireST. PAUL, Minn. & OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M (NYSE:MMM) and Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced an agreement to collaborate in designing, manufacturing and marketing a broad portfolio of compressed natural gas (CNG) tanks for use in all sectors of the United States transportation market. Currently the fuel tank on a CNG vehicle is its most expensive single component. T ...
14y agoSEMG CHK CHKMSemGroup, Gavilon and Chesapeake Energy Corporation Announce New Pipeline and Storage Company to Meet Growing Demand for Midstream ServicesBusiness WireTULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SemGroup® Corporation (NYSE:SEMG), Gavilon Midstream Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of The Gavilon Group, LLC; and an affiliate of Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced plans to form a joint venture that will construct a 210-mile pipeline in western and north central Oklahoma which will deliver crude oil to a 1-million-barrel storage facility in Cushing ...
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Pricing of Offering Of $1.3 Billion of Senior Notes Due 2019Business WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced that it has priced its previously announced public offering of $1.3 billion principal amount of Senior Notes due 2019, which will carry an interest rate of 6.775% per annum. The senior notes were priced at 98.75% of par to yield 7%. The offering was increased from a previously announced offering size of $1.0 b ...
14y agoCHK CHKMADDING and REPLACING Chesapeake Energy Corporation Provides Details on Its Financial Plan for 2012Business WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Add securities law legend after last paragraph of release: The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about ...
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Announces $1.0 Billion Offering of Senior Notes Due 2019Business WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) today announced that it is commencing a public offering of $1.0 billion of Senior Notes due 2019. Chesapeake intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes. Pending such use, Chesapeake plans to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay amounts outstanding under its revolving bank cred ...
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Updates Its 2012 Operating Plan in Response to Low Natural Gas PricesBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today provided an update on additional steps it is taking to continue creating shareholder value in response to the lowest natural gas prices in the past 10 years.
14y agoCHK CHKMCORRECTING and REPLACING Chesapeake Energy Corporation Included on Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work For” List – Fifth Consecutive YearBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eighth graph, first sentence of release should read: In 2011, Chesapeake hired approximately 4,800 employees. (sted In 2011, Chesapeake hired approximately 4,800 new employees, nearly doubling its work force to more than 12,500.)
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Announces 2011 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Operational Update and Financial Results Release Date and Conference Call InformationBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) has scheduled its 2011 fourth quarter and full year operational update and financial results to be released after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, February 21, 2012.
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Substantial Progress in Achieving Its 30/25 PlanBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced substantial progress in achieving its long-term debt reduction goal set forth in its 30/25 Plan announced in January 2011. Chesapeake’s long-term debt (net of cash) as of year-end 2011 was approximately $10.3 billion, a reduction of $1.4 billion from the September 30, 2011 level of $11.7 billion and a reductio ...
14y agoCHK TOT CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Completion of $2.32 Billion Utica Shale Joint Venture Transaction with Total E&P USA, Inc.Business WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced the completion of a joint venture (“JV”) transaction with Total E&P USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Total S.A. (NYSE:TOT, FP:FP) (“Total”), whereby Total acquired an undivided 25% interest in approximately 619,000 net acres in the liquids-rich area of the Utica Shale. Of the JV acreage, approximately 5 ...
14y agoCHKM CHKChesapeake Midstream Partners, L.P. Agrees to Acquire Gas Gathering Assets in Marcellus Shale from Chesapeake Energy Corporation for $865 MillionBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE:CHKM) (“CHKM”) today announced it has agreed to acquire Appalachia Midstream Services, L.L.C. (“AMS”), the wholly owned subsidiary of Chesapeake Midstream Development, L.P. that holds its Marcellus Shale midstream assets, for total consideration of $865 million. Chesapeake Midstream Development, L.P. is a wholly owned subsid ...
14y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Declares Quarterly Common and Preferred Stock DividendsBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a $0.0875 per share quarterly dividend that will be paid on January 31, 2012 to common shareholders of record on January 17, 2012. Chesapeake has approximately 660 million common shares outstanding. In addition, Chesapeake’s Board has declared dividends on its outstandi ...
14y agoCHK BX CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Closing of Placement of $750 Million of Preferred Shares in CHK Utica, L.L.C., Completing the Company’s $1.25 Billion Utica Financial TransactionBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced the closing of the sale of $750 million of perpetual preferred shares in its wholly owned, unrestricted subsidiary, CHK Utica, L.L.C. The subsidiary owns approximately 700,000 net leasehold acres within an area of mutual interest in the Utica Shale play in 13 counties primarily in eastern Ohio (the “CHKU AMI”) ...
14y agoCHK CEO CHKMChesapeake Energy Receives Awards for Industry Leadership and Deal of the Year at the 2011 Platts Global Energy Awards Program in New York CityBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) received the Industry Leadership Award at the 13th Annual Platts Global Energy Awards program last night in New York City and also received the Deal of the Year Award for its industry joint ventures in the Eagle Ford Shale and Denver-Julesberg and Powder River basins with a subsidiary of CNOOC Limited (NYSE:CEO).
15y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering by Chesapeake Granite Wash TrustBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (“Chesapeake”) (NYSE:CHK) today announced that Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust (the “Trust”) has priced an initial public offering of 20,000,000 common units at a price of $19.00 per common unit. The units sold represent an approximate 43% beneficial interest in the Trust. The Trust has also granted the underwriters the option to purchase ...
15y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Reports Financial and Operational Results for the 2011 Third QuarterBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced its 2011 third quarter financial and operational results. For the quarter, Chesapeake reported net income to common stockholders of $879 million ($1.23 per fully diluted common share), operating cash flow of $1.409 billion (defined as cash flow from operating activities before changes in assets and liabilities ...
15y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Utica Shale Joint Venture and Utica Shale Financial Investment with Potential Combined Proceeds Net to Chesapeake of Approximately $3.4 BillionBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced two transactions to monetize a portion of its 1.5 million net acres of leasehold in the Utica Shale play primarily in eastern Ohio. Fully implemented, the transactions would result in consideration to Chesapeake of approximately $3.4 billion.
15y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering by Chesapeake Granite Wash TrustBusiness WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (“Chesapeake”) (NYSE:CHK) announced today that Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust (the “Trust”) has commenced an initial public offering of 23,375,000 common units representing an approximate 50% beneficial interest in the Trust. The Trust has also granted the underwriters the option to purchase up to an additional 3,506,250 common units.
15y agoEPD CHK CHKMEnterprise and Chesapeake Enter into Agreement to Transport Ethane from the Marcellus/Utica Shale to Gulf CoastBusiness WireHOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPD) and Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) today announced they have entered into a long-term contract whereby Chesapeake would anchor Enterprise’s proposed long-haul ethane pipeline from the Marcellus and Utica shale regions in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
15y agoCHK CHKMChesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Its Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Chesapeake Oilfield Operating, L.L.C., Has Priced a Private Placement of $650 Million of Senior Notes Due 2019Business WireOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Chesapeake Oilfield Operating, L.L.C. (the Company), priced a $650 million private placement of senior notes due 2019 (the Notes). The Notes will bear interest at a rate of 6.625% per annum. The closing of the placement is expected to occur on October 28, 2011 and is subject to cus ...