‘DOJ Subpoenas Chesapeake Documents’

  • Joe Wertz

Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy has been “named in several lawsuits alleging underpayment of royalties and defended cases in Arkansas, Louisiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas,” the Journal Record’s Sarah Terry-Cobo reports.

DOJ subpoenas Chesapeake documents

The Justice Department is also seeking information on how the company acquires and classifies its oil and gas properties. The company also received subpoenas from the U.S. Postal Service and state agencies for information on its royalty payment practices.

Chesapeake alluded to those investigations in its 2015 annual report, filed with the SEC on Feb. 25, 2016. The company is in discussions with the Justice Department, the Postal Service and state agencies and continues to respond to subpoenas and demands, according to the annual filing.

The company was named in several lawsuits alleging underpayment of royalties and defended cases in Arkansas, Louisiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas.