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Lawler says the layoffs are part of the company's continuing effort to "structure and position" itself for success.

The owner of an eastern Wyoming oil well that blew out, causing 50 people to flee their homes, has not been fined in the year since the accident.

DOUGLAS, Wyo. (AP) — Some 200 people attended a meeting in Douglas to hear from Chesapeake Energy officials about energy development in Converse County. Company officials told the people on Tuesday night that the Niobrara Shale formation in the county will continue to be a priority target for Chesapeake ...

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's top oil and gas regulator says the companies involved in a natural gas well blowout in eastern Wyoming last month won't face any fines. Tom Doll, the state's oil and gas supervisor, tells the Casper Star-Tribune (http://bit...

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — State oil and gas regulators are blaming mechanical failure for a natural gas well blowout in eastern Wyoming last month. According to an Associated Press story, an investigation by the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission also found that workers at the rig failed to properly engage part of the wellhead apparatus...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An oil well that's leaking natural gas in east-central Wyoming could be plugged soon. Chesapeake Energy says the work could begin as early as Thursday morning. A blowout at the well on Tuesday prompted 50 residents outside of Douglas to evacuate their homes amid concern that the gas could explode...

About 67 people remain evacuated from a neighborhood northeast of Douglas after a well blow out Tuesday. The incident occurred at a Chesapeake Energy site around 4pm. "They were casing the well yesterday when they had a flow control problem, or blowout...

In a deal valued at $570 million dollars, China is buying up 1/3 of Chesapeake Energy's interest