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Chesapeake fined $1.9 million for wetland, stream violations in PA

The company’s internal audit found it diverted or filled in over 28 acres of wetlands and 2,300 feet of streams in Pennsylvania. 

By Reid Frazier/The Allegheny Front

Chesapeake Energy to pay $5.3 million in settlement with AG

Under the settlement with Pennsylvania’s Attorney General, landowners will get paid up to $700 and can renegotiate their leases.

By Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania agrees to settle gas drilling royalties lawsuit

The lawsuit was filed more than five years ago against Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake, which filed for bankruptcy protection in Texas in June.

By Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press

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Fracking pioneer Chesapeake files for bankruptcy protection

A reckoning is now coming due with those massive debts needing to be serviced by Chesapeake and those that followed its path.
By The Associated Press

Report: Chesapeake Energy plans to file for bankruptcy

Oklahoma-based company led land rush into northeast Pennsylvania at start of fracking boom
By Susan Phillips/StateImpact Pennsylvania

Royalties: Why some strike it rich in the natural gas patch, and others strike out

When natural gas companies approached Charlie Clark and Jim Barrett about the minerals under their farms, the northern Pennsylvania landowners in neighboring counties both decided to let them drill.

By Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania and Amy Sisk




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