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"Chesapeake Energy, Fracking Pioneer, Files For Bankruptcy Owing $9bn" [1]

"The Oklahoma City-based company helped turn the US into a global energy powerhouse but ran up huge debts in the process"

"Chesapeake Energy, the shale gas drilling pioneer that helped to turn the United States into a global energy powerhouse, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

The Oklahoma City-based company said on Sunday that it had been forced to enter chapter 11 protection because its debts of $9bn were unmanageable.

It has entered a plan with lenders to cut $7bn of its debt and said it will continue to operate as usual during the bankruptcy process."

Martin Farrer reports for the Guardian with wires June 28, 2020. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"Chesapeake Pushed Into Bankruptcy by Plunging Energy Prices" (Bloomberg Environment) [3]

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Health [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Public [11]
Source: Guardian [2], 06/29/2020
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chesapeake-energy-fracking-pioneer-files-bankruptcy-owing-9bn [2] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/29/chesapeake-energy-fracking-pioneer-files-for-bankruptcy-owing-9bn [3] https://bnanews.bna.com/environment-and-energy/chesapeake-pushed-into-bankruptcy-by-plunging-energy-prices-1 [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health [10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [11] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81