United States securities and exchange commission logo April 23, 2024 Domenic Dell Osso, Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer Chesapeake Energy Corporation 6100 North Western Avenue Oklahoma City, OK 73118 Re: Chesapeake Energy Corporation Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 Filed April 11, 2024 File No. 333-277555 Dear Domenic Dell Osso, Jr.: We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following comment. Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the requested information. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you provide in response to this letter, we may have additional comments. Unless we note otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our March 21, 2024 letter. Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 Certain Unaudited Forecasted Financial Information, page 107 1. We note that in response to comments 3 and 4 you revised to disclose the Southwestern Management Synergies Estimates on page 107 that were prepared by Southwestern and approved for use by Goldman Sachs in their analyses, and revised your disclosure about Chesapeake Management Synergies Estimates on page 113 to disclose that Evercore utilized the midpoint of the synergies estimated by Chesapeake management disclosed thereunder. Please also disclose any material assumptions underlying each of the Southwestern and Chesapeake management synergy estimates. Domenic Dell Osso, Jr. FirstName ChesapeakeLastNameDomenic Energy CorporationDell Osso, Jr. Comapany April NameChesapeake Energy Corporation 23, 2024 April 223, 2024 Page 2 Page FirstName LastName Please contact Michael Purcell at 202-551-5351 or Kevin Dougherty at 202-551-3271 with any questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Energy & Transportation cc: Ryan Lynch