Chesapeake on Pace To Become Largest U.S. Gas Producer, Says CEO

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Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s U.S. natural gas output should surpass that of leaders BP plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. within the next two months, CEO Aubrey McClendon said Friday.Speaking at the company's annual shareholder meeting, McClendon said Chesapeake's daily gas production in 1Q2008 was only 86 MMcf/d below that of BP's U.S. output. Chesapeake's average output in 2007 was 1,957 MMcf/d, which was 23% higher than in 2006. The company, with 33,700 drilling locations in gas-rich basins across the United States, has its largest backlog of drilling opportunities in history, he said.