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) DECEMBER 13, 2002
                               (DECEMBER 13, 2002)




                          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)



                    INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT


ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

Chesapeake Energy Corporation  ("Chesapeake") issued a Press Release on December
13,  2002  announcing  the  pricing  of public  offering  of common  stock.  The
following was included in the press release:

OKLAHOMA  CITY,  OKLAHOMA,  DECEMBER  13, 2002 - Chesapeake  Energy  Corporation
(NYSE:CHK)  today  announced that it has priced a public  offering of 20,000,000
shares of its  common  stock at $7.50 per  share.  All  shares are being sold by
Chesapeake.

Chesapeake  expects the issuance and delivery of the shares to occur on December
18,  2002.  Chesapeake  also has granted  the  underwriters  a 30-day  option to
purchase up to 3,000,000  additional  shares of its common stock solely to cover
over-allotments, if any.

Chesapeake intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to finance,  in part,
its recently announced  acquisition of Mid-Continent natural gas properties from
ONEOK, Inc., which is scheduled to close in January 2003. In the event the ONEOK
acquisition  is not  consummated,  proceeds  will be used for general  corporate
purposes, including possible future acquisitions.

Credit  Suisse First Boston,  Morgan  Stanley and Salomon Smith Barney are joint
book-running managers for the offering. Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., Lehman Brothers
and Johnson Rice & Company,  LLC are also managing  underwriters.  Copies of the
prospectus  supplement and  prospectus  relating to the offering may be obtained
from the offices of Credit  Suisse  First  Boston,  Prospectus  Department,  One
Madison  Avenue,  New  York,  New  York  10010,  212-325-2580,  Morgan  Stanley,
Prospectus Department,  1585 Broadway,  New York, New York 10036,  212-761-4000,
and Salomon Smith Barney,  Brooklyn Army Terminal,  140 58th Street,  8th Floor,
Brooklyn, New York 11220, 718-765-6732.


This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the  solicitation of
an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these  securities in any state in
which such offer,  solicitation  or sale would be unlawful prior to registration
or qualification under the securities laws of any state.

CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION IS ONE OF THE TEN LARGEST  INDEPENDENT NATURAL GAS
PRODUCERS IN THE U.S.  HEADQUARTERED IN OKLAHOMA CITY, THE COMPANY'S  OPERATIONS
ARE FOCUSED ON EXPLORATORY  AND  DEVELOPMENTAL  DRILLING AND PRODUCING  PROPERTY
ACQUISITIONS IN THE MID-CONTINENT REGION OF THE UNITED STATES.





                                    SIGNATURE


         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, thereunto 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:        December 13, 2002