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Gas Well Road Gone, Fort Worth Flooding Should Subside

Bulldozers scraped down the last few inches of a gas well road Monday, a road residents believe was partly to blame for increased flooding in East Fort Worth.

2013/02/11

Chesapeake Plaza in west Fort Worth. (Credit: CBSDFW.com)

Chesapeake Dials Back Support For City Firework Celebrations

The fireworks still went off. The parades wound through the streets. The money to pay for it all however, was not as easy to find for some cities this year.

2012/07/04

Chesapeake Energy To Lay Off 70 DFW Workers

Chesapeake Energy, one of the key companies which developed the Barnett Shale natural gas field in North Texas, is laying off about 70 local employees.

2012/06/19

Chesapeake Plaza Goes Up On The Market

Four years after a celebrated move-in, Chesapeake Energy may be moving out of its 20 story tower in west Fort Worth.

2012/06/11

Flooding Concerns Have Fort Worth Looking At Gas Well Roads

Engineers are analyzing unpermitted gas well access roads in Fort Worth, to see if they could be contributing to extensive flooding to properties along the Trinity River.

2012/06/07

Chesapeake Energy’s Troubles Could Have Big Impact On North Texas

It’s one of the biggest natural gas drillers in the Barnett Shale, it owns the former Pier 1 building downtown, and it’s taking a lot of heat recently for some of its financial dealings.

2012/05/29

Chesapeake Energy Sued Over Corporate Jets

Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. is being sued by a shareholder over the company’s corporate jet policy.

2012/05/09

Fracking Website Bringing Disclosures Into Focus

Gas producers in North Texas are now required to publicly disclose the chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing, and the amount of water they use to do it.

2012/02/01

A drilling rig explores for gas. (credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Barnett Contractors Announce Layoffs After Chesapeake Cuts Back

One day after Chesapeake Energy announced to cut back on its drilling operations, independent contractors report job cuts have already began inside other companies that depend on the Barnett Shale.

2012/01/24

File image of a natural gas well drilling rig. (credit: Getty Images/Michael Smith)

Residents, City Will Share Economic Toll Of Less Barnett Shale Production

Chesapeake Energy’s decision to scale back gas production and drilling on the Barnett Shale is expected to take a similar toll on city revenue in Fort Worth and on private citizens.

2012/01/24

Chesapeake Energy Cutting Production In Barnett Shale

With natural gas positioned as the energy source to power Texas homes for 200 years, Larry Langston expected to get at least a few decades of production out of the gas under his land.

2012/01/23

Fort Worth Residents Find Drilling Too Close For Comfort

Carolyn Allen sits down for a little bit of afternoon TV. She says it’s her escape from what’s going on right outside the window. “They are across the street and there they are,” says Allen,76, “I’ve lived here 30 years. We are all family.”

2011/12/01