It sure seemed like Chesapeake Energy was all in a NAPE 2022. From the booths to the meetings to the presentations to the executive chairman playing some reindeer games with the attendees. Well college football games really.
“Today, we’re going to play a game and the game is going to be like a college football pick game,” Mike Wichterich, executive chairman of Chesapeake Energy Corp., told NAPE attendees during the conference’s keynote luncheon.
Wichterich then put together an engaging presentation comparing independent oil and gas companies to college teams and why he considered them top performers with the disclaimer “you should not listen to my picks on your investments.”
“Pioneer (Resources) is just like Alabama,” he said. “Look, these guys [Alabama] have the best athletes, that’s how they win. Pioneer has the best assets, that’s how they win.”
He continued saying that ConocoPhillips, are the Georgia Bulldogs.
“Look at the numbers,” he said, “since they bought Concho, they’re skyrocketing.”
Other independents included in Wichterich’s picks:
- Devon Energy as Texas A&M University;
- EOG Resources as University of Texas;
- Occidental Petroleum as Penn State University;
- Apache as University of Wisconsin;
- Ovinitv as University of Iowa;
- Marathon Oil as University of Michigan;
- Whiting Petroleum as Oregon State University;
- Oasis Petroleum as University of Washington;
- Enerplus as University of Utah;
- EQT as University of Southern California;
- Coterra Energy as University of Notre Dame/Navy combo;
- Southwestern Energy as University of Oregon;
- Civitas Resources as Boise State University; and
- Talos Energy as Mississippi State.
Wichterich has served as the chair of Chesapeake’s board of directors since February 2021. He also previously served as interim CEO at the Oklahoma City-based company until Nick Dell’Osso’s appointment as Chesapeake’s new president and CEO last October.
The Crude Life News Correspondent Ken Lavin had an opportunity to sit in on a special press conference meeting. During this meeting, media-approved individuals were able to ask questions and interact with their executive team.
NAPE is the energy industry’s marketplace for the buying, selling and trading of prospects and producing properties. NAPE brings together all industry disciplines; draws in decision-makers; focuses its participation on prospect generators; and hosts companies of all sizes, from small independents to majors. With the addition of renewable energy sources to their oil and gas offerings, NAPE is the ultimate venue for energy deals.
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