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Chesapeake Energy (CHK) Announces $6.9B in Asset, Noncore Leasehold Sales

September 12, 2012 7:03 AM EDT

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) announced today it has entered into multiple agreements to sell the vast majority of its Permian properties, substantially all of its midstream assets and certain noncore leasehold for total net cash proceeds of approximately $6.9 billion. The company will use a portion of the proceeds from these asset sales to fully repay its $4.0 billion of term loans during the 2012 fourth quarter.

Chesapeake has entered into purchase and sale agreements with three companies covering the vast majority of its Permian Basin assets for total net proceeds of approximately $3.3 billion. The Permian... More