Some big news affecting the fourth-largest natural gas shale producer in Pennsylvania. Yesterday Chesapeake Energy announced its CEO, Doug Lawler, is out as of April 30th. No reason was offered for his departure. Given just a few years ago Lawler was making over $22 million per year in salary and bonuses, our guess is he was fired. Who walks away from that kind of money? However, we don’t know for sure. Nobody is talking right now.
