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Chesapeake Energy selling $6.9B in assets; Colorado holdings still on the market

Denver Business Journal by Cathy Proctor, Reporter – Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Chesapeake Energy Corp. announced Wednesday a series of deals to sell off assets across the country for $6.9 billion — but nearly 504,000 acres of mineral rights in … Continue reading

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Chesapeake squeezes landowners on costs amid cash crunch

Posted on August 31, 2012 at 6:55 am by Bloomberg Donna Thornton made sure to include a no-cost provision in her contract with Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK) that let the driller harvest natural gas beneath 2.5 acres of her property … Continue reading

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Chinese firm pondering bid on Chesapeake Energy assets

Denver Business Journal – Thursday, June 21, 2012 Chinese petroleum company Sinopec Corp. is said to be considering a multibillion-dollar bid for some of Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s assets, according to news reports. It’s unclear if those assets include half a … Continue reading

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Chesapeake Energy Seeks to Sell Large Land Position in the DJ Basin

Chesapeake Energy has put up 503,863 Net Acres of land for sale in the DJ basin. The acreage for sale traverses much of the Rocky Mountain Front Range from Platte and Goshen Counties, Wyoming on the north end to Douglas … Continue reading

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Chesapeake Energy cancels some mineral leases in two Colorado counties

By Mark Jaffe – The Denver Post Nearly 200 landowners in Douglas and Elbert counties signed mineral leases with Chesapeake Energy expecting thousands of dollars in signing bonuses only to have the company walk away without paying a cent. After … Continue reading

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ConocoPhillps Extends Reach in Southern Niobrara while Chesapeake and Noble Energy work the Wattenberg

Based on requests listed in the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s (COGCC) April Docket, it would appear that ConocoPhillips is extending its reach in the Niobrara after its entry in 2011 with it’s acquisition of the Lario Oil and … Continue reading

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Global Recession Fears and Geologic Uncertainty Slow Southern Niobrara Leasing Activity

A wild week of stock market fluctuations that have seen the commodities complex including oil, experience the largest drops since 2008, have both operators and land companies slowing or halting their efforts to obtain oil leases in Douglas and Elbert … Continue reading

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Colorado property owners faced with possibility of being forced into drilling plans

By Mark Jaffe The Denver Post The landman for Chesapeake Energy Corp. presented Mark Faut with a choice: sign a lease for his oil rights or have his 7 acres forced into the drilling plan by the state. “That was … Continue reading

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Natural Gas and Oil Plays – Look before you leap

With all the hype about both natural gas and oil plays in the “Shales”, be they the Barnett Shale, or the Marcellus Shale on the East Coast, the Bakken in North Dakota, or even our own Niobrara Shale here in … Continue reading

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Meeting for Ponderosa Hills Subdivision Section 7 Residents Coming

It has been been brought to our attention that there is a leasing effort by Red Sky Land for Chesapeake Energy going on in Section 7 T6S R65W. The Oil Drilling Communication Team operating in that subdivision will be planning … Continue reading

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