OREANDA-NEWS. August 14, 2014. Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) y reported financial and operational results for the 2014 second quarter. Key information related to the second quarter is as follows:

Company reports adjusted net income of USD 0.36 per fully diluted share and adjusted ebitda of USD 1.277 billion

Average production of approximately 695,000 boe per day increases 13% year over year, adjusted for asset sales

Average oil production of approximately 113,400 bbls per day increases 12% year over year, adjusted for asset sales

Total capital expenditures of USD 1.3 billion decrease 27% year over year

Company increases midpoint of 2014 production outlook by 10,000 boe per day, reiterates 2014 total capex of USD 5.0 to USD 5.4 billion

Spin-off of oilfield services business (NYSE:SSE) completed June 30, 2014

For the 2014 second quarter, Chesapeake reported net income available to common stockholders of USD 145 million, or USD 0.22 per fully diluted share. Items typically excluded by securities analysts in their earnings estimates reduced net income available to common stockholders for the 2014 second quarter by approximately USD 90 million on an after-tax basis and are presented on Page 13 of this release.

The primary component of this reduction to net income was a loss on the repurchase of debt securities associated with our April 2014 debt refinancing, partially offset by net gains on sales of fixed assets. Adjusting for these items, 2014 second quarter net income available to common stockholders was USD 235 million, or USD 0.36 per fully diluted share, which compares to adjusted net income available to common stockholders of USD 265 million, or USD 0.51 per fully diluted share, in the 2013 second quarter.

Adjusted ebitda was USD 1.277 billion in the 2014 second quarter, compared to USD 1.424 billion in the 2013 second quarter. Operating cash flow, which is cash flow provided by operating activities before changes in assets and liabilities, was USD 1.269 billion in the 2014 second quarter, compared to USD 1.366 billion in the 2013 second quarter. The year-over-year decreases in adjusted ebitda and operating cash flow were primarily the result of higher production and lower per unit costs, which were more than offset by the effect of lower realized oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) prices.

Adjusted net income available to common stockholders, operating cash flow, ebitda and adjusted ebitda are non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliations of these measures to comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles are provided on pages 13 – 17 of this release.

Doug Lawler, Chesapeake’s Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Chesapeake delivered solid organic production growth in the quarter while continuing to demonstrate capital discipline and efficiency. As a result, we are increasing our 2014 production outlook while leaving our capital budget unchanged. In the 2014 second half, we plan to connect approximately 35% more wells to sales than we connected in the first half of the year. As our pace of well connections accelerates, we expect our production growth trajectory will increase accordingly and we anticipate our year-end 2014 exit rate will exceed 730,000 boe per day."