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  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Shale Oil & Gas
    US shale companies enjoy ‘tsunami of cash’ on high oil prices

    Capital restraint and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has transformed fortunes of once-indebted operators

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    Energy Source
    Pricey investments spell ‘nightmare scenario’ for oil companies Premium content

    Plus, Chesapeake CEO weighs in on purchase of Chief Oil & Gas and the comeback of Texas’s upstream oil and gas

  • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
    Chesapeake rebuilds on US shale patch with $2.6bn gas deal

    Fracking pioneer buys assets from Chief Oil & Gas less than a year after emerging from bankruptcy

  • Thursday, 12 August, 2021
    Energy Source
    Biden to Opec: Drill, baby, drill Premium content

    Plus: what the latest shale patch merger tells us, and renewable adds lag coal declines

  • Wednesday, 11 August, 2021
    Back from brink Chesapeake buys shale rival Vine

    US fracking pioneer strikes $2.2bn deal six months after emerging from pandemic-led bankruptcy

  • Tuesday, 20 July, 2021
    Shale Oil & Gas
    Shale executives receive bumper pay packets despite dismal returns

    Investors sour on industry after a decade of profligate spending and debt-fuelled drilling

  • Monday, 22 March, 2021
    Corporate bonds
    Risky oil companies snap up $20bn in junk bond record

    Recovery from pandemic fires up oil prices and pulls producers back from the brink

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    Chesapeake Energy emerges from bankruptcy

    US shale pioneer’s chief says it has undergone a ‘fundamental reset’ during restructuring

  • Sunday, 28 June, 2020
    Shale pioneer Chesapeake Energy files for bankruptcy

    Collapse of group that led shale breakthrough will send shockwaves through sector

  • Friday, 12 June, 2020
    On Wall StreetDerek Brower
    It seems rash to bet that the worst is over for US oil stocks

    Energy shares may be beaten down but they are still far from cheap

  • Thursday, 4 June, 2020
    News in-depthShale Oil & Gas
    Chesapeake Energy: rise and fall of a US shale star

    Oil and gas group once worth $35bn is flirting with bankruptcy in face of coronavirus crash

  • Sunday, 19 April, 2020
    Megan Greene
    Bailing out the oil industry brings a fate worse than death   

    Zombie companies would be created that must be kept afloat with taxpayer dollars 

  • Friday, 20 March, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Restructuring specialists get their day in the sun Premium content

    Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing

  • Tuesday, 17 March, 2020
    Shale Oil & Gas
    Chesapeake hires restructuring advisers to look at $9bn debt pile

    Shale energy pioneer suffers from collapse in oil and weak gas prices 

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
    Shale Oil & Gas
    Chesapeake Energy raises doubt over its ability to survive

    Shale gas pioneer sends shares and bonds lower with going-concern warning

  • Thursday, 22 February, 2018
    Commodities
    Chesapeake Energy shares jump in pre-market on earnings beat
  • Thursday, 22 February, 2018
    UK banks
    Stocks to watch: Centrica, Barclays, Playtech, Go-Ahead, Roku

    Stobart confirms Flybe takeover talks while Berenberg tips Asos

  • Thursday, 11 January, 2018
    Equities
    Energy stock rally jolts S&P 500 to new record
  • Sunday, 16 April, 2017
    News in-depthUS & Canadian companies
    Chesapeake digs deep to overcome its weaknesses

    Pioneering shale producer has cut debt and improved profitability, but has more to do

  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2017
    Oil
    Light dims from energy stocks as glow of higher oil prices fades

    With a fall of 6.7 per cent, energy is worst performer of 11 major sectors on S&P 500

  • Thursday, 23 February, 2017
    Energy sector
    Chesapeake Energy shrinks losses in 2016
  • Wednesday, 7 December, 2016
    Oil
    Chesapeake taps debt markets for first time in 2 years

    Deal underlines renewed appetite for oil and gas assets

  • Thursday, 3 November, 2016
    Energy sector
    Chesapeake gains as earnings surprise on the upside
  • Thursday, 29 September, 2016
    US equities
    Chesapeake shares slide after DoJ subpoenas

    Sell-off in energy group accompanies broader decline in US stocks

  • Tuesday, 13 September, 2016
    Oil
    Oil glut hits Chesapeake Energy, Murphy Oil and Transocean shares

    S&P 500 declines 1.5% on downbeat day for US markets

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