美国顶级天然气生产商切萨皮克能源公司 (Chesapeake Energy) 5 月 20 日表示，去年完成石油资产剥离后，本周开始裁员。
本周的裁员是在剥离 Eagle Ford 资产之后进行的，而不是该公司待决的资产剥离。切萨皮克说，与西南能源公司合并。
该公司没有具体说明裁员的规模或范围。
切萨皮克于 2022 年表示，将退出德克萨斯州南部的 Eagle Ford 页岩油田，使其成为一家纯粹的天然气生产商。 2023 年初，该公司以 14 亿美元的价格将其中部分资产出售给 INEOS Energy，并于当年晚些时候以 7 亿美元的价格将
剩余资产出售给 SilverBow
Resources，从而完成了资产剥离。 这家总部位于俄克拉荷马城的公司正在完成与西南能源公司价值 74 亿美元的合并。该交易将于今年下半年完成，晚于美国联邦贸易委员会寻求更多信息后的最初预期。
今年天然气生产商受到了低价的打击，由于库存高和需求低于预期，第一季度价格下跌了约 20%。切萨皮克的利润低于华尔街的预期，包括切萨皮克在内的许多公司都已削减产量作为回应。
根据 5 月 7 日提交的监管文件，作为该交易的一部分，该公司将用西南总法律顾问 Chris Lacy 取代现任总法律顾问 Benjamin Russ。

Chesapeake Energy, a top U.S. natural gas producer, began laying off employees this week after completing the divestiture of its oil assets last year, the company said on May 20.
This week's layoffs follow its divestment of its Eagle Ford assets, not the company's pending merger with Southwestern Energy, Chesapeake said.
The company did not specify the size or scope of the layoffs.
Chesapeake in 2022 said it would exit the Eagle Ford shale field in south Texas, making it a pure-play natural gas producer.
In early 2023 it sold some of those assets to INEOS Energy for $1.4 billion, and later that year completed the divestiture by selling the remaining assets to SilverBow Resources for $700 million.
The Oklahoma City-based company is in the process of completing a $7.4 billion merger with Southwestern Energy. That deal is set to close in the second half of this year, later than originally anticipated after U.S. Federal Trade Commission sought additional information.
Natural gas producers have been hit this year by low prices, which fell some 20% in the first quarter due to high inventories and softer-than-expected demand. Chesapeake missed Wall Street estimates for profit, and many companies - including Chesapeake - have curtailed production as a response.
As part of that deal, the company will replace current General Counsel Benjamin Russ with Southwestern General Counsel Chris Lacy, according to a regulatory filing on May 7.