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From Morningstar via the Toronto Star:
Chesapeake Energy CHK provided more color Monday on how it intends to bridge the sizable gap between cash flow and investment in 2012, although not much new information was revealed, nor were very many specifics.
First up are $2 billion in planned monetizations of Mid-Continent assets, including a volumetric production payment deal and a financial transaction similar to the one previously executed in the Utica (under which investors owned perpetual preferred shares in a separate subsidiary).
Chesapeake anticipates receiving proceeds from these deals in the next 60 days. The company also announced it is pursuing joint ventures across its Mississippi Lime and Permian Basin positions. Somewhat surprisingly, Chesapeake disclosed a near doubling of its Permian acreage since late last year, to 1.5 million net acres, and announced that it may consider an outright sale of this position if it receives a compelling offer....MORE
