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NEW YORK and OKLAHOMA CITY, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Notice is hereby given that Grant & Eisenhofer P.A. has filed a class action lawsuit asserting claims under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on behalf of those who purchased or otherwise acquired shares of Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK, "Chesapeake " or the "Company") between and including April 30, 2009 and May 10, 2012. This Complaint extends the class period beyond the April 17, 2012 end date alleged in the...

NEW YORK, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential securities fraud at Chesapeake Energy Corporation ("Chesapeake" or the "Company") (NYSE: CHK). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120119/MM38856LOGO ) Chesapeake CEO Aubrey K. McClendon ("McClendon") currently owns roughly 1.35 million shares of Chesapeake stock (presently worth approximately $24 million). This interest is dwarfed by...

WEST MIFFLIN, Pa., Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Aubrey McClendon, chairman and CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp., and John Surma, chairman and CEO of United States Steel, fill a Ford F-350 compressed natural gas vehicle during the commissioning of U. S. Steel's compressed natural gas fueling station at U. S. Steel's Irvin Plant in West Mifflin, Pa. on Wed. Sept. 7, 2011. McClendon joined Surma for the commissioning of the fueling station and U. S. Steel's fleet of compressed natural gas...

SAUGATUCK, Mich., Aug. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Local community groups have filed a petition asking Chief U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney to reject the proposed consent decree approved by the Saugatuck Township Board on July 22, 2011. "The proposed consent decree is not fair, reasonable or legal, and it is not in the public interest. Saugatuck community residents and civic organizations have requested an opportunity to be heard by the Court in a formal legal 'fairness hearing'...

TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- U. S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc., a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X), announced that Aubrey K. McClendon, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Chesapeake Energy Corporation, is the recipient of its Chief Roughneck Award for 2010. The announcement was made today at the 81st annual meeting of the Independent Petroleum Association of America. U. S. Steel Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer...

Aubrey K. McClendon, Chairman of the American Clean Skies Foundation (ACSF), announced today that Denise Bode, Chief Executive Officer of ACSF, would be leaving the foundation next month to become the President of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). "We are very proud of what Denise has helped build at the American Clean Skies Foundation," said McClendon. "We wish her continued success in her new position and look forward to continuing to work closely with Denise. We share the...

Chesapeake Energy has appointed Mike Stice as senior vice president of natural gas projects, and president and COO of Chesapeake Midstream Partners. Mr Stice joins Chesapeake after spending 27 years with ConocoPhillips and its predecessor companies; where he most recently served as president of ConocoPhillips Qatar, responsible for the development, management and construction of natural gas liquefaction and regasification (LNG) projects. Aubrey McClendon, CEO of Chesapeake, said: "We are...

By Snow, Nick Aubrey K. McClendon apparendy expected a new natural gas supply study to change the US energy game plan when he came to Washington, DC, on July 28. It may do just that, but in a way that probably won't please producers seeking more access to federal lands. Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s chief executive officer also is chairman of the American Clean Skies Foundation, which advocates the use of gas as part of a sustainable energy future. The group released a study by Navigant...

Chesapeake Energy has closed the sale of its Arkoma Basin Woodford shale assets to BP America for approximately $1.7 billion in cash. Aubrey McClendon, Chesapeake's CEO, said: "We are pleased to announce the completion of the sale of our Arkoma Woodford properties to BP. This transaction was an important aspect of our ongoing asset monetization program and enables Chesapeake to redeploy capital to our Haynesville, Barnett and Marcellus shale plays and further improves the company's capital...

By Jerry Shottenkirk Aubrey McClendon, who doubles as chairman of Chesapeake Energy and American Clean Skies Foundation, made the rounds Wednesday in Washington, D.C., encouraging the use of natural gas. McClendon began the day on CNBC's Squawk Box, appeared at the National Press Club, and addressed the U.S. House Select Committee on Energy Independence & Global Warming. "We have decades and decades of gas reserves," McClendon said on CNBC. "We know we have extendibility to that and that we...