Torn Price,here it is.The senior vice president,investor and government relations,at Chesapeake Energy Corp.has(pleasantly)noted on several occasions that it may be time to update a May 2000 A&D Watch newsletter article on the company.The story was titled"Why CHK Can't Get Up."In early 2000,the company's stock price had fallen to about 2 after its Austin Chalk gas holdings proved to be very short-lived.The stock had been more than 30 in 1997.Chesapeake's was the right story-U.S.natural gas-but a bit too early and not founded upon one of America's most enduring plays.Today,shares are more than 30 again-15 times that of six years ago.The company's market cap is 12.2 billion and its enterprise value is 15.7 billion,according to Morgan Stanley.
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机译：切萨皮克能源公司（Chesapeake Energy Corp.）的高级副总裁，投资与政府关系部（令人高兴地）指出，可能是时候更新该公司2000年5月的《 A＆D观察》时事通讯的文章了。被称为“为什么CHK不能站起来”。在2000年初，该公司的股价因其奥斯汀·查克（Austin Chalk）天然气持有量非常短暂而跌至约2。1997年，该股超过30。切萨皮克这是正确的故事-美国天然气-但还为时过早，并且没有建立在美国最持久的公司之一之上。今天，股价又是六年前的30倍至15倍。该公司的市值为122亿美元，根据摩根士丹利，其企业价值为157亿美元。
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