Although Chesapeake Energy under Doug “the ax” Lawler has sold off everything but the kitchen sink (see Potential Buyer for Chesapeake’s Dry Gas Utica Acreage?), and fired everyone but the janitor (see The Great Chesapeake Massacre II: Lawler Fires Another 740 People), in a turnaround, Chesapeake has decided to re-sign leases with at least some landowners in the Utica Shale in Columbiana County, OH where leases are expiring this year. Go figure! So far this year Chessy has re-signed 63 leases in Columbiana County…
Although Chesapeake Energy under Doug “the ax” Lawler has sold off everything but the kitchen sink (see 