Sunday, June 21, 2026

Chesapeake Selling First of Two Haynesville Positions for $450 Million

Haynesville transaction takes tally to $2 billion in gross divestitures in 2016 for Chesapeake Energy Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. (ticker CHK) announced that the company signed an agreement to sell a portion of its Haynesville shale acreage and producing assets in northern Louisiana to a private company for approximately $450 million. Included in the sale are approximately 78,000 net