UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                         PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
                                     OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



                DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)
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                     SEPTEMBER 28, 2004 (SEPTEMBER 23, 2004)


                          CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)


         OKLAHOMA                     1-13726                  73-1395733
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(State or other jurisdiction     (Commission File No.)        (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)                                     Identification No.)


  6100 NORTH WESTERN AVENUE, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA               73118
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      (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)


                                 (405) 848-8000
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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SECTION 5 - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

ITEM 5.03 - AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

         Effective  September  23,  2004,  Chesapeake  Energy  Corporation  (the
"Company")  filed a Certificate  of Elimination  with the Oklahoma  Secretary of
State retiring  283,600  shares of our 6.75%  Cumulative  Convertible  Preferred
Stock,  par value  $0.01 per share.  Such shares of 6.75%  Preferred  Stock were
acquired by the Company as the result of a  conversion  of the  Preferred  Stock
into the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, by the holder.


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                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.


                                             CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION



                                      By:     /S/ AUBREY K. MCCLENDON
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                                              Aubrey K. McClendon
                                              Chairman of the Board and
                                              Chief Executive Officer


Dated:        September 28, 2004

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