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| Aubrey McClendon, Chesapeake Energy Ex-Chief, Dies Day After Indictment | -39 | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 | At first, Mr. McClendon and his lawyers expressed indignant disagreement with the indictment, although Mr. McClendon did not expressly deny that there had been discussions with a competitor. “He was always looking for worlds to conquer,” said Melvin Moran, an Oklahoma oil executive who knew Mr. McClendon for years. “The charge that has been filed against me today is wrong and unprecedented,” Mr. McClendon said in statement released Tuesday night. Billions of dollars were invested in import terminals that would receive liquefied natural gas from Qatar and other gas-producing countries. Even in a business known for bigger-than-life executives, Mr. McClendon was a mythical character. | CHK | {"Clifford Krauss"} | 933 |
| Aubrey McClendon: What to Know on Chesapeake Energy's Ex-CEO | -12 | 2016-03-03 12:49:22 | He helped bring the Oklahoma City Thunder to the stateMcClendon was part of the ownership team that brought the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder to the state capital from Seattle in 2008. His death is being investigatedMcClendon died in a fiery one-car crash Wednesday morning in Oklahoma City after his S.U.V. McClendon revolutionized natural gas productionIn the last decade, natural gas production has boomed in the U.S. thanks to the growth of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, which has allowed drillers to capture gas in deposits that went previously untapped. As CEO of Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy, McClendon was often the face of this boom, turning the company he formed in 1989 into the second-largest natural gas producer in the U.S. McClendon died in a single-car crash in Oklahoma City on Wednesday less than 24 hours after his federal indictment in the case. | CHK | {"Josh Sanburn"} | 934 |
| Oil exec Aubrey McClendon faces U.S. antitrust probe -filing | -22 | 2015-04-24 21:06:32+00 | Chesapeake Energy Corp has previously disclosed it was cooperating with a government probe into possible antitrust violations. The disclosure, from American Energy Capital Partners-Energy Recovery Program LP, is the first to say the executive is personally facing government scrutiny. McClendon now runs oil and gas firm American Energy Partners in Oklahoma City. A representative for American Energy Capital Partners-Energy Recovery Program was unavailable to discuss the matter. The inquiry has looked at whether buyers of oil and gas properties colluded to avoid bidding up land prices. | CHK | {"Reuters Editorial"} | 935 |
| The Incredible Rise and Final Hours of Fracking King Aubrey McClendon | -55 | None | The Incredible Rise and Final Hours of Fracking King Aubrey McClendon Chesapeake Energy’s co-founder and CEO was a visionary who had trouble following the rules. Aubrey McClendon, the co-founder of Chesapeake Energy, liked to sneak Champagne into movie theaters on date nights with his wife. Photographer: Mike Stone/ReutersTo many in Oklahoma City, McClendon came across as a regular guy. Believing the U.S. would have a cold winter, he closed out hedges that would have locked in high gas prices. McClendon left as always through the private back corridor of Chesapeake Energy Arena. | CHK | {"Joe Carroll","Dan Murtaugh","Alex Nussbaum","David Wethe","Asjylyn Loder","Bryan Gruley"} | 936 |
| Aubrey McClendon, Ex-Head of Chesapeake Energy, Is Charged With Conspiracy | -25 | 2016-03-02 00:00:00 | He added, “Chesapeake does not expect to face criminal prosecution or fines relating to this matter.” “The charge that has been filed against me today is wrong and unprecedented,” Mr. McClendon said. According to the Justice Department, the companies decided who would win the leases, with the winning bidder allotting an interest in the leases to the other company. PhotoHOUSTON — The Justice Department announced Tuesday night that it had charged Aubrey K. McClendon, an Oklahoma wildcatter who turbocharged the shale revolution by buying up gas fields across the United States, with conspiring to suppress prices paid for oil and natural gas leases. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIt did not mention anyone else or any other company, nor did it say how many leases were involved. | CHK | {"Clifford Krauss"} | 937 |
| Feds indict former Chesapeake Energy CEO | -21 | 2016-03-02 00:00:00 | A federal grand jury has indicted the former CEO of Chesapeake Energy for allegedly conspiring to rig the price of oil and natural gas leases in Oklahoma. "Related: Chesapeake Energy denies bankruptcy rumorsThe indictment alleges that two large energy firms would decide ahead of time who would be the top bidder on leases in northwest Oklahoma. The Justice Department said McClendon "instructed his subordinates to execute the conspiratorial agreement," which kept prices low and "put company profits ahead of the interests of leaseholders. The Department of Justice believes that Aubrey McClendon, who served as Chesapeake's CEO for nearly 25 years, orchestrated a conspiracy between two large oil and gas companies between December 2007 and March 2012. "McClendon left Chesapeake in 2013 after Reuters reported that he had taken out more than $1 billion in loans against his personal stakes in the company's wells. | CHK | {"Robert Mclean"} | 940 |
| Aubrey McClendon, Former CEO of Chesapeake Energy, Dies a Day After He Was Charged | -13 | 2016-03-02 16:04:28 | Aubrey McClendon, the former CEO of Chesapeake Energy who was charged Tuesday with rigging bids for oil and natural-gas leases, has died in a car crash in Oklahoma City, police said Wednesday. The news agency reported McClendon traded on the same oil and gas commodities his company produced, which would have given him insider knowledge of the market. The crash occurred just after 9 a.m. Wednesday when McClendon’s car sped into the wall of an overpass bridge. McClendon was a major proponent of fracking, a process that built his company into one of the largest sources of U.S. gas. “He pretty much drove straight into the wall,” Captain Paco Balderrama of the Oklahoma City Police Department said at a news conference. | CHK | {"J Weston Phippen"} | 941 |
| Aubrey McClendon, Former CEO Of Chesapeake Energy, Dies In Car Crash Day After Indictment | -12 | 2016-03-02 20:14:27+00 | (http://reut.rs/1TPxUVy)REVERED FOR HELPING OKLAHOMAA native of Oklahoma, McClendon attended Duke University before starting Chesapeake in 1989 with his friend Tom Ward. We are tremendously proud of his legacy," American Energy Partners said in a statement. No individual is without flaws, but his impact on American energy will be long-lasting. McClendon was alone in his 2013 Chevy Tahoe when it sped into an embankment along a remote two-lane road in Oklahoma City, where it burst into flames, a police spokesman said. On his watch, Chesapeake leased a fleet of planes that shuttled executives to oil and gas fields - and the McClendon family to far-off holiday destinations. | CHK | {} | 942 |
| Chesapeake Energy Clears CEO in Review of Gas-Well Loans | -28 | 2013-02-20 00:00:00 | Chesapeake may signal newfound financial discipline by unveiling a scaled-back 2013 capital budget when fourth-quarter results are announced tomorrow, he said. Encana said in September that its separate internal inquiry concluded the company hadn’t colluded with Chesapeake to fix lease prices. Some of the loans came from companies that were involved in separate financial transactions with the company. Chesapeake sold about $11 billion in fields, pipelines and gas-processing plants last year, short of McClendon’s full-year goal of $13 billion to $14 billion. Chesapeake Energy Corp. exonerated co-founder and outgoing Chief Executive Officer Aubrey McClendon for privately borrowing hundreds of millions of dollars from some of the company’s biggest financiers. | CHK | {"Joe Carroll"} | 944 |
| ‘No Plans To Pursue Bankruptcy,’ Says Chesapeake Energy Corporation After Shares Plunge On Restructuring Report | -10 | 2016-02-08 17:53:07+00 | Responding to a stock-battering report, Chesapeake Energy said it has no plans to file for bankruptcy. Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) will report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2015 earnings on Feb. 24 before markets open in New York. In the past 12 months, the company’s share price has lost about 90 percent of its valve, from over $20. Like other platers in the energy sector, Chesapeake has been canceling projects and laying off workers in an effort to slow down cash burn. The company’s stock value shed more than $800 million by 10 a.m. | CHK | {} | 945 |
| DOJ indicts ex-CEO of Chesapeake Energy on conspiracy charges | -12 | 2016-03-01 00:00:00 | Former Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon was indicted Tuesday on federal charges of conspiring to rig bids for oil and natural gas leases. The indictment, filed Tuesday in Oklahoma, alleges that McClendon led a conspiracy between two companies not to bid against one another for purchases of some leases in Oklahoma. The leases give a company the right to draw oil and natural gas from the land for a certain period of time. "His actions put company profits ahead of the interests of leaseholders entitled to competitive bids for oil and gas rights on their land. The companies are accused of deciding who would win the bids, then giving an interest in the leases to the other company. | CHK | {"Jacob Pramuk"} | 946 |
| Former Chesapeake Energy chief dies in car crash | -10 | None | Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Former head of Chesapeake Energy Aubrey McClendonThe former chief executive of Chesapeake Energy was killed in a car crash on Wednesday, a day after he was accused of fixing bids for oil and gas leases. Mr McClendon stepped down as the head of Chesapeake Energy in 2013 amid concerns about his heavy spending and its corporate governance. Mr McClendon, who stepped down from Chesapeake in 2013, denied the charges. "Police are still investigating the cause of the accident, but said the car was so badly burnt it was difficult to tell if Mr McClendon had been wearing a seatbelt. He was charged on Tuesday with conspiring with two energy companies to rig the price of oil and gas contracts. | CHK | {} | 947 |
| Prosecutors seek dismissal of Aubrey McClendon indictment | -14 | 2016-03-04 00:00:00 | (Photo: 2009 photo by F. Carter Smith, Bloomberg News)Prosecutors moved swiftly to drop charges against former Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon after he was killed in a fiery car accident. BloombergAubrey McClendon, former CEO of Chesapeake Energy, was killed in an auto accident March 2. Skip Ad Ad Loading... x Embed x Share Pimco Global Strategic Advisor Richard Clarida and Wood Mackenzie Vice President of Integrated Energy Skip York remember former Chesapeake CEO Aubrey McClendon. Oklahoma City police said their investigation into the accident would take one to two weeks. McClendon played a critical role in growing U.S. shale oil and gas production and was also part-owner of the Oklahoma City Thunder NBA team. | CHK | {"Est March","Nathan Bomey","A M"} | 948 |
| Fracked: Why Natural Gas Giant Chesapeake Energy's Billionaire CEO Aubrey McClendon is in Hot Water | -35 | 2012-05-03 00:00:00 | Natural gas prices have dropped 50% in the last year, recently hitting their lowest point since 2001, though they’ve edged up lately. Sean Gardner / Reuters Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon. Chesapeake Energy shares have fallen by 36% over the past year. That’s consistent with a massive bet that McClendon has engineered for Chesapeake that natural gas prices will go up, as Christopher Helman described in a Forbes profile of the CEO from last October. He proudly describes Chesapeake as “the biggest frackers in the world,” a reference to hydraulic fracturing, the controversial practice of pumping highly pressurized water and sand into the ground in order to release natural gas. | CHK | {"Sam Gustin"} | 949 |
| Special Report: Inside Chesapeake, CEO ran $200 million hedge fund | -40 | 2012-05-02 22:46:26+00 | There is no evidence that McClendon or Ward used inside knowledge gleaned from Chesapeake in their hedge fund trading. Heritage was born when commodity trader Cirino and four other traders went searching for capital to start a hedge fund, Cirino said. McClendon's hedge fund partner Ward said the two were always careful not to let Chesapeake's decisions influence the hedge fund's endeavors. "A securities law professor said the very existence of the hedge fund could prompt a securities investigation. When Reuters asked McClendon last year whether he traded for himself in energy markets, McClendon said: "No, no, no. | CHK | {"Reuters Editorial"} | 950 |
| Chesapeake Energy to face racketeering charges in Michigan trial | -28 | 2014-09-09 19:05:40+00 | REUTERS/Rebecca CookNatural gas and oil producer Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK.N) must face trial on charges of felony racketeering and using false pretenses related to its land-leasing practices, a state judge has ruled. In a statement, Chesapeake said it believes the charges are without merit and expects to prevail at trial. Chesapeake will also go on trial in Michigan on antitrust charges for its alleged role in bid-rigging at a state land auction in 2010, following an earlier ruling by Barton in July. As a result, Chesapeake obtained "uncompensated land options from these landowners by false pretenses, and prevented competitors from leasing the land," the state charged. The 20 counts of using false pretenses are punishable by fines of $10,000 for each count, or triple the value of the money or property involved, whichever is greater. | CHK | {"Joshua Schneyer"} | 951 |
| Chesapeake Energy charged with alleged fraud, racketeering | -15 | 2014-06-05 00:00:00 | Michigan's attorney general filed felony racketeering and fraud claims against Chesapeake Energy on Thursday, alleging the company canceled hundreds of private land leases under false pretenses following a short-lived oil and gas boom in the state in 2010. "I will defend and protect the taxpayers of Michigan in the face of fraudulent business practices," Michigan Attorney General Bill Shuette said in a press release. Landowners were previously told the mortgages were not a problem, the state alleged. The charges, filed in Michigan state court in Cheboygan, allege Chesapeake, through its leasing agents, victimized private landowners in northern Michigan by falsely claiming mortgages on their properties were a legitimate basis for the lease cancellations. "Scamming hardworking Michigan citizens is not how we do business in this state. | CHK | {"Getty Images","Source Chesapeake Energy Facebook"} | 953 |
| Former Chesapeake CEO McClendon Indicted On Conspiracy Charges | -34 | 2016-03-02 01:49:32+00 | Chesapeake, SandRidge, and McClendon had previously disclosed in securities filings that they were being investigated by the Justice Department's Antitrust Division. "Chesapeake has been actively cooperating for some time with a criminal antitrust investigation by the Department of Justice regarding past land leasing practices," said Chesapeake Energy spokesman Gordon Pennoyer. The story sparked a federal antitrust investigation in that state, which was closed but led to evidence of alleged bid-rigging in Oklahoma. In 2013, McClendon stepped down from the helm of Chesapeake amid a liquidity crunch and corporate governance concerns. The probe began after a 2012 Reuters investigation found that Chesapeake had discussed with a rival how to suppress land lease prices in Michigan. | CHK | {} | 954 |
| McClendon's Actions Aren't Uncommon Across U.S. Shale Patch | -28 | 2016-03-04 00:00:00 | The actions that resulted in former Chesapeake Energy Corp. chief Aubrey McClendon’s indictment aren’t uncommon across the shale patch, lawyers and analysts said. "I don’t think it’s uncommon," said Lance Astrella, a lawyer who specializes in energy litigation at Astrella Law P.C. The state settled with Encana in 2014 for $5 million and Chesapeake in 2015 for $25 million. "The entire oil and gas industry has been watching this investigation because it could have broader implications on the industry," Energy & Minerals Group Chief Executive Officer John Raymond said in a letter to investors. "Shale BoomMcClendon fueled the shale boom, championing hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling. | CHK | {"Meenal Vamburkar"} | 977 |
| Encana Pays Michigan $5 Million in Energy Lease Probe | -30 | 2014-05-05 00:00:00 | The criminal cases are People v. Chesapeake Energy Corp., 14-0140-F4 and People v. Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc., 14-0141-F4, 89th District Court, Cheboygan County, Michigan (Cheboygan). “The Michigan state action has no merit and we are vigorously contesting it.”Chesapeake, the second-biggest U.S. natural gas producer, maintains it had no agreement with Encana regarding Michigan oil and gas lease bidding. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette filed criminal charges against the companies in March, accusing them of violating state antitrust laws. While Chesapeake has withdrawn from the state, Encana said today it has invested more than $230 million there. Encana Corp., Canada’s biggest natural gas producer, agreed to pay Michigan $5 million and not to contest a charge it attempted to collude with Chesapeake Energy Corp. to rig a 2010 oil and gas lease auction. | CHK | {"Andrew Harris"} | 980 |
| Chesapeake receives DoJ subpoena on accounting for asset purchase | -10 | 2016-09-29 15:30:02+00 | Chesapeake had also received subpoenas from the DoJ, the U.S. (bit.ly/2dnnspG)The company said in a regulatory filing on Thursday it had engaged in discussions with the DoJ, the U.S. REUTERS/Steve SisneyChesapeake Energy Corp (CHK.N) said it received a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice seeking information on the accounting methodology for the acquisition and classification of oil and gas properties. Chesapeake Energy Corporation's 50 acre campus is seen in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 17, 2012. Postal Service and state agency representatives and continue to respond to such subpoenas and demands. | CHK | {"Reuters Editorial"} | 1005 |
| Former Chesapeake CEO McClendon charged with bid-rigging of land leases | -54 | 2016-03-02 10:47:39+00 | Chesapeake, SandRidge, and McClendon had previously disclosed in securities filings that they were being investigated by the Justice Department's Antitrust Division. "Chesapeake has been actively cooperating for some time with a criminal antitrust investigation by the Department of Justice regarding past land leasing practices," said Chesapeake Energy spokesman Gordon Pennoyer. Ward left Chesapeake in 2006 and founded competitor SandRidge Energy Inc SDOC.PK the same year. Oil and gas companies like Chesapeake, SandRidge, and McClendon’s new venture AEP, have struggled as the price of oil plummeted by 70 percent since late 2014. In 2013, McClendon stepped down from the helm of Chesapeake amid a liquidity crunch and corporate governance concerns. | CHK | {"Diane Bartz","Brian Grow"} | 1006 |
| U.S. moves to dismiss case against ex-Chesapeake CEO after his death | -18 | 2016-03-04 15:55:21+00 | Oklahoma City police are investigating why his 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe slammed into an overpass, where it burst into flames. REUTERS/KWTV Skynews 9HDChief Executive Officer, Chairman, and Co-founder of Chesapeake Energy Corporation Aubrey McClendon walks through the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana in this file photo dated March 26, 2012. REUTERS/Cris Yelton/Handout via ReutersFirefighters view a car wreck in which Chesapeake Energy Corp co-founder Aubrey McClendon died, one day after a federal indictment, in Oklahoma City, March 2, 2016. McClendon had denied the charges of colluding to rig bids for oil and gas acreage while he was at Chesapeake. A man places an item at a makeshift memorial to former Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon at the site of his fatal automobile accident, which happened one day after a federal indictment against him, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma March 3, 2016. | CHK | {"Reuters Editorial"} | 1007 |
| Energy pioneer McClendon dies in fiery car crash, a day after indictment | -16 | 2016-03-03 20:51:57+00 | REUTERS/Heide BrandesFirefighters view a car wreck in which Chesapeake Energy Corp co-founder Aubrey McClendon died, one day after a federal indictment, in Oklahoma City, March 2, 2016. REUTERS/Sean Gardner/FilesChief Executive Officer, Chairman, and Co-founder of Chesapeake Energy Corporation Aubrey McClendon walks through the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana March 26, 2012. REUTERS/Sean GardnerA bridge is seen after the removal of a car wreck, in which former Chesapeake Energy Corp co-founder Aubrey McCLendon died one day after a federal indictment, in Oklahoma City March 2, 2016. Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and Co-founder of Chesapeake Energy Corporation Aubrey McClendon walks through the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana, in this March 26, 2012 file photo. (reut.rs/1TPxUVy)REVERED FOR HELPING OKLAHOMAA native of Oklahoma, McClendon attended Duke University before starting Chesapeake in 1989 with his friend Tom Ward. | CHK | {"Heide Brandes"} | 1008 |
| Chesapeake Energy Receives Subpoena on Accounting Practices | -13 | 2016-09-29 00:00:00 | Chesapeake Energy Corp. said it’s facing U.S. Justice Department scrutiny of how the natural gas explorer accounted for its assets. Peter Carr, a Justice Department spokesman, wasn’t immediately available to comment. Gordon Pennoyer, a Chesapeake spokesman, declined to comment. Chesapeake received immunity under a Justice Department leniency program that shields companies from criminal charges if they are first to report antitrust violations. Chesapeake has taken $16 billion in impairments on its gas and oil fields since the beginning of 2015, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. | CHK | {"Joe Carroll"} | 1010 |