CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION
6100 NORTH WESTERN AVENUE
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73118
December 20, 2018
Via EDGAR transmission
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549-7010
Attn: Karina Dorin
| Re: | Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness of Chesapeake Energy Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-228679). |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Chesapeake Energy Corporation hereby requests that the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-228679) (the “Registration Statement”) be accelerated so that the Registration Statement will become effective on December 21, 2018, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
Please call Clinton W. Rancher or Joshua Davidson at (713) 229-1820 or (713) 229-1527, respectively, if you have any questions regarding this request, and please notify either of them when this request for acceleration has been granted.
[Signature on following page]
| Very truly yours, | ||
| Chesapeake Energy Corporation | ||
| By: | /s/ Domenic J. Dell’Osso, Jr. | |
| Domenic J. Dell’Osso, Jr. | ||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
| cc: | Clinton W. Rancher |
Joshua Davidson
Baker Botts L.L.P.