EXHIBIT 23.5


                 [LEE KEELING AND ASSOCIATES, INC. LETTERHEAD]





                  CONSENT OF LEE KEELING AND ASSOCIATES, INC.


     As independent oil and gas consultants, Lee Keeling and Associates, Inc.
hereby consents to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on Form S-3, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about
January 7, 2002, of information from our reserve reports dated December 31, 2000
and all references to our firm included in or made a part of the Chesapeake
Energy Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2000. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Registration Statement.


                                            LEE KEELING AND ASSOCIATES, INC.


                                            By:       /s/ KENNETH RENBERG
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Kenneth Renberg, Vice President


Tulsa, Oklahoma
January 7, 2002