Kaiser makes bets on Chesapeake, SandRidge

摘要

When energy investor and Tulsa, Okla., billionaire George Kaiser stepped up to the plate and slammed nearly 500 million into cash-strapped, Oklahoma City-based producers Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) and SandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE: SD) in January in two transactions, his home-run confidence may have defined the turning point for the energy industry in the ongoing financial maelstrom.