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Is Chesapeake Energy going down the pipes?

May 11, 2012 By TXsharon

Another analysis from Energy Policy Forum.

On April 18, I posited on Energy Policy Forum that the $1.1B in undisclosed loans which Reuters had exposed belonging to Chesapeake Energy (CHK) CEO Aubrey McClendon might merely be the tip of the iceberg. I was concerned about volumetric production payments (VPPs). Late this afternoon, the Wall Street Journal independently confirmed massive problems with Chesapeake VPPs.

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Comments

  1. GEORGE says

    May 11, 2012 at 1:42 pm

    Dont hate on a brotha trying to make a dollar out of fifty cents!

  2. David Bell says

    May 11, 2012 at 3:11 pm

    http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-water-ok-in-gasland-fracking-town-epa-says-20120511,0,3268335.story

  3. Nick says

    May 11, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    VPP’s are a debt instrument. If the Banks with mortgages took the wells involved in the VPP, they are in a poor 2nd position. If vice versa the VPP is suck’n wind. MOST “industry” transactions won’t be found overlapping on the collateral…just say’n!

  4. Kim feil says

    May 11, 2012 at 4:42 pm

    I’m almost sure this is Arlington they are talking about……..”I even received a comment on Thursday from a city council member in a Texas town where Chesapeake dominates the drilling who asked, “We wonder how vulnerable our town is to a Chesapeake bankruptcy.” http://www.thestreet.com/story/11511473/1/how-chesapeake-energy-can-be-saved-opinion.html

  5. Tim Ruggiero says

    May 11, 2012 at 6:24 pm

    CHK said today that they don not characterize VPP’s as debt. Not that I fully understand this, but analysts on Wall Street are calling VPP’s debt. Maybe Ed Ireland can explain it.

  6. GhostBlogger says

    May 11, 2012 at 7:35 pm

    T. Boone bails out on them:

    http://www.cnbc.com/id/47380959/

    Note that since I don’t own any stocks, puts, calls, 401K, etc., I’m not a party to this. 😉

    Add in J.P. Morgan Chase loosing $2 billion in derivatives, the inmates are running the asylum in the financial world in some companies.

  7. Nick says

    May 11, 2012 at 10:01 pm

    But then, there’s Goldman Sachs jumping in with cash?

    • GhostBlogger says

      May 12, 2012 at 11:37 pm

      Some Analysts didn’t see Enron’s issues before it was too late:

      http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1906&dat=20020227&id=RtAfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AtkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5751,2891077

  8. GhostBlogger says

    May 13, 2012 at 5:50 pm

    “In recent months, the second-largest natural gas producer in the U.S., Chesapeake Energy, removed most of its gas hedges for 2012 and 2013 based on the belief that prices are at or near a bottom.

    Such a move, known as going “naked to the strip,” marks a major turnaround for a company that was one of the best and most active hedgers in the sector. Now, Chesapeake has no protection if gas prices continue to slide. It’s a risky scenario seeing as prices are currently below production costs in most U.S. gas basins.

    For investors, the fact that many North American gas producers are seeing their high-priced hedges expire makes it more important than ever to understand a company’s cash flow picture going forward.”

    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/why-going-naked-strip-means-more-pain-nat-gas-companies

  9. Nick says

    May 14, 2012 at 2:00 pm

    Looks like it’s time to buy natural gas!

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