Geosciences Students Get a Boost from Chesapeake

Chesapeake has pledged $100,000 over the next five years to provide fellowships to the department of geosciences that will help support graduate teaching and research assistants who are pursuing careers in energy exploration and production.

“The highly competitive graduate fellowship provided by Chesapeake will have an immediate impact on our ability to attract outstanding graduate students and researchers to enter geosciences fields,” says John White, chancellor of the University of Arkansas. “I know Chesapeake Energy will find this to be a tremendously worthwhile investment in the future of the nation’s energy industry.”

Chesapeake is the largest leasehold owner in the Fayetteville Shale Formation with more than 1.1 million acres in productive areas for natural gas development. The company operates 11 rigs in the state and has more than 80 producing wells.

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