Johnson Rice Presentation

JOHNSON RICE 2017 ENERGY CONFERENCENew Orleans, Louisiana

September 26, 2017

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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This presentation includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of1934. Forward-looking statements are statements other than statements of historical fact. They include statements that give our current expectations, guidance or forecasts of future events, production and well connection forecasts, estimates of operating costs, anticipated capital and operational efficiencies, planned development drilling and expected drilling cost reductions, general and administrative expenses, capital expenditures, the timing of anticipated asset sales and proceeds to be received therefrom, projected cash flow and liquidity, our ability to enhance our cash flow and financial flexibility, plans and objectives for future operations, and the assumptions on which such statements are based. Although we believe the expectations and forecasts reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance they will prove to have been correct. They can be affected by inaccurate or changed assumptions or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results include those described under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of our annual report on Form 10-K and any updates to those factors set forth in Chesapeake’s subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or current reports on Form 8-K (available at http://www.chk.com/investors/sec-filings). These risk factors include: the volatility of oil, natural gas and NGL prices; the limitations our level of indebtedness may have on our financial flexibility; our inability to access the capital markets on favorable terms; the availability of cash flows from operations and other funds to finance reserve replacement costs or satisfy our debt obligations; our credit rating requiring us to post more collateral under certain commercial arrangements; write-downs of our oil and natural gas asset carrying values due to low commodity prices; our ability to replace reserves and sustain production; uncertainties inherent in estimating quantities of oil, natural gas and NGL reserves and projecting future rates of production and the amount and timing of development expenditures; our ability to generate profits or achieve targeted results in drilling and well operations; leasehold terms expiring before production can be established; commodity derivative activities resulting in lower prices realized on oil, natural gas and NGL sales; the need to secure derivative liabilities and the inability of counterparties to satisfy their obligations; adverse developments or losses from pending or future litigation and regulatory proceedings, including royalty claims; charges incurred in response to market conditions and in connection with our ongoing actions to reduce financial leverage and complexity; drilling and operating risks and resulting liabilities; effects of environmental protection laws and regulation on our business; legislative and regulatory initiatives further regulating hydraulic fracturing; our need to secure adequate supplies of water for our drilling operations and to dispose of or recycle the water used; impacts of potential legislative and regulatory actions addressing climate change; federal and state tax proposals affecting our industry; potential OTC derivatives regulation limiting our ability to hedge against commodity price fluctuations; competition in the oil and gas exploration and production industry; a deterioration in general economic, business or industry conditions; negative public perceptions of our industry; limited control over properties we do not operate; pipeline and gathering system capacity constraints and transportation interruptions; terrorist activities and/or cyber-attacks adversely impacting our operations; potential challenges by SSE’s former creditors of our spin-off of in connection with SSE’s recently completed bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; an interruption in operations at our headquarters due to a catastrophic event; the continuation of suspended dividend payments on our common stock; the effectiveness of our remediation plan for a material weakness; certain anti-takeover provisions that affect shareholder rights; and our inability to increase or maintain our liquidity through debt repurchases, capital exchanges, asset sales, joint ventures, farmouts or other means.

In addition, disclosures concerning the estimated contribution of derivative contracts to our future results of operations are based upon market information as of a specific date. These market prices are subject to significant volatility. Our production forecasts are also dependent upon many assumptions, including estimates of production decline rates from existing wells and the outcome of future drilling activity. Expected asset sales may not be completed in the time frame anticipated or at all. We caution you not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this presentation, and we undertake no obligation to update any of the information provided in this presentation, except as required by applicable law. In addition, this presentation contains time-sensitive information that reflects management’s best judgment only as of the date of this presentation.

We use certain terms in this presentation such as “Resource Potential,” “Net Reserves” and similar terms that the SEC’s guidelines strictly prohibit us from including in filings with the SEC. These terms include reserves with substantially less certainty, and no discount or other adjustment is included in the presentation of such reserve numbers. U.S. investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, File No. 1-13726 and in our other filings with the SEC, available from us at 6100 North Western Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118. These forms can also be obtained from the SEC by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

JOHNSON RICE 2017 ENERGY CONFERENCE

OUR STRATEGYSTRONG THROUGH COMMODITY PRICE CYCLES

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BUSINESS STRATEGIES:

Financial Discipline

Business Development

Profitable and Efficient Growth from Captured Resources

Exploration

Delivering the 2017 plan

$2 – $3 billion of asset sales

Focused on cash flow neutrality

Retain posture for growth

Capital allocation focused on portfolio expansion optionality

2H 2017 and 2018 Priorities

MOMENTUM BUILDING INTO 4Q’17DELAYS OF 3Q’17 ARE BEHIND US


Estimated 3Q’17 total production of ~542 mboe/d

Estimated 3Q’17 oil production of ~86 mbo/d

4Q’17 production accelerating due to TILs

~125 TILs projected for 4Q’17; ~74 in STX

We now expect to average 100 mbo/d in 4Q’17

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OPERATIONS SETTING THE STAGE AS WE ENTER 2018


Oil growth, efficiencies creating margin expansion

Drilling longer laterals

Enhanced completion designs

Testing spacing assumptions

Prolific CHK producers driven by pushing technology across the portfolio

Marcellus McGavin 6H ~61 mmcf/d

PRB Rankin 1H ~2,800 boe/d

STX Blakeway 2H ~3,200 boe/d

HSVL Hunter ~38 mmcf/d

More to come with exploitation in PRB (multiple zones), Louisiana (Bossier), NE PA (Utica) and Mid-Con (Chester)

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Powder River Basin

˃ Hotspot advantage

˃ Stacked pay opportunities

˃ Significant resource potential

2017 CAPITAL ALLOCATIONFLEXIBLE PROGRAM – VALUE FOCUSED


Powder River Basin2 Rigs / 1 Frac Crew25 – 30 Spuds23 – 28 TILS

POWDER RIVER BASINBUILDING MOMENTUM

Moving to development phase

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POWDER RIVER BASIN – TURNER UPDATEOUTSTANDING INITIAL RESULTS


Rankin 5-33-68 1HTIL 5/17/2017 – 4,500' lateralPeak rate – 2,886 boe/d (51% oil)120-day cumulative – 79 mbo, 577 mmcf

Sundquist 9-34-71 13HTIL 3/16/2017 – 7,100' lateral Peak rate – 2,560 boe/d (80% oil)180-day cumulative – 209 mbo, 357 mmcf

Graham 23-35-71 15HTIL 9/8/2017 (6 days) – 4,500' lateralPeak rate to date – ~1,700 boe/d (~80% oil)Well still cleaning up

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POWDER RIVER BASIN – TURNER UPDATEFUTURE TESTS


• Third rig in October –Turner focused

• Potential tests for 2017 – 2018

˃ Spacing Test – 6 wells

• Current assumption 2,640’

˃ Extents Test – 5 wells

˃ Continuing to evaluate high-graded position –3 wells in 2017, 17 wells in 2018

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POWDER RIVER BASIN – SUSSEX SANDSTONEHIGHLY ECONOMIC OIL PLAY

• Dominant position in the play

• Development mode

• Utilizing seismic to delineate fairway

• ~165 locations˃ Assumes 1,320' – 1,980' spacing

˃ Overpressured – high deliverability

• Targeted development through 2020˃ EUR: ~750 – 1,350 mboe

˃ Oil breakeven price: ~$30 – $35(1)

˃ ROR: ~ 38% – 55%(2)


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POWDER RIVER BASIN – SUSSEX SANDSTONEWHERE WE ARE NOW AND WHERE WE ARE GOING


TURNING IN LINE

• 10 gas condensate wells˃ Finishing completions in September

• 1 black oil appraisal well

UPCOMING LOCATIONS

• 15 volatile oil wells

• 6 gas condensate wells

South Texas

˃ Oil production growth engine

˃ Longer laterals driving value

˃ Enhanced completions yielding encouraging results


Eagle Ford Shale6 Rigs / 4 Frac Crews175 – 195 Spuds 155 – 175 TILS


SOUTH TEXAS – EAGLE FORDACCELERATING VALUE WITH LONGER LATERALS


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Capital efficiency improvesFaster cycle times, longer laterals

Large remaining potential Estimated net resources of > 2.0 bboe

Oil growth engine~10% oil volume growth 4Q’16 vs. 4Q’17

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What we are learningLonger laterals are paying off

Enhanced completions with upspacing are leading to improved well results

Planning to test spacing concept across the field

SOUTH TEXAS – EAGLE FORDMORE VALUE, LESS CAPITAL INTENSITY


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Gulf Coast

˃ Longer laterals creating greater value

˃ Refracs improve capital efficiency

˃ Bossier resource potential

Haynesville Shale3 Rigs / 2 Frac Crews30 – 35 Spuds32 – 37 TILS

HAYNESVILLEDELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL PRODUCTIVITY

(1) Source: Heikkinen Energy Associates, Drillinginfo. Wells are adjusted to a 7,500’ lateral


Delivering monster IPsHunter 1H – 38 mmcf/d, 7,500' lateral, 3Q 2017 TILNguyen 1H – 36 mmcf/d, 9,500' lateral, 3Q 2017 TILPH 1H – 33 mmcf/d, 7,500' lateral, 2Q 2017 TIL Crow 2H – 36 mmcf/d, 7,500' lateral, 2Q 2017GLD 1H – 42 mmcf/d, 8,200' lateral, 1Q 2017 TIL

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Appalachia

˃ Optimizing stimulation designs

˃ Utica oil growth

˃ Significant resource potential


Appalachia2 Rigs / 2 Frac Crews50 – 65 Spuds110 – 130 TILS

Strong returns2017E FCF ~$315mm(1)

2017E capital ~$125mm

MARCELLUS SHALEENHANCED COMPLETIONS DELIVERING VALUE

(1) Assumes $3/mcf price deck (2) 2,900 undrilled locations: 1,500 represent Upper Marcellus locations and the remaining are Lower Marcellus locations


Record results – 61 mmcf/d McGavin E WYO 6H, IP30 55 mmcf/dEnhanced completion designTIL 7/28/2017, ~10,500' lateral

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Utica appraisalCore planned for early 2018~70,000 net perspective acres

McGavin 6HIP: 61 mmcf/d

Industry Well

OUR STRATEGYSTRONG THROUGH COMMODITY PRICE CYCLES


BUSINESS STRATEGIES:

Financial Discipline

Business Development

Profitable and Efficient Growth from Captured Resources

Exploration

Delivering the 2017 plan

$2 – $3 billion of asset sales

Focused on cash flow neutrality

Retain posture for growth

Capital allocation focused on portfolio expansion optionality

2H 2017 and 2018 Priorities

Appendix


OilOct–Dec 2017 (1)

63%

Swaps $50.36/bbl

NGLOct–Dec 2017 (1)

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Propane Swaps $0.76/gal

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10%Collars $3.25/$3.68/mcf

NYMEX

$3.16/mcfNYMEX

HEDGING POSITION

(1) As of 9/25/17, using midpoints of total production from 9/25/2017 Outlook

~532 bcf of 2018 gas hedged with swaps at an average price of $3.11

~47 bcf of 2018 gas hedged with collars at an average price of $3.00/$3.25

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~12 mmbbl of 2018 oil hedged with swaps at an average price of $51.22

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~1.8 mmbbl of 2018 oil hedged with three way collars at an average price of $39.15/$47.00/$55.00

DEBT MATURITY PROFILE


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CORPORATE INFORMATION


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