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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors
and officers of Chesapeake Energy Corporation (the "Company"), an Oklahoma
corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Aubrey K. McClendon, Tom L. Ward
and Marcus C. Rowland, and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact to sign on his or her behalf, as a director or officer, as the
case may be, of the Company, a Registration Statement(s) on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") for the purpose of registering under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value, $.01
per share, issuable pursuant to the Chesapeake Energy Corporation 2000 Employee
Stock Option Plan, and to sign any or with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, any or
all amendments and any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration
Statement whether on Form S-8 or otherwise, and all other documents in
connection therewith, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or their substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

EXECUTED this 21st day of December, 2000.



                                                
         /s/ Aubrey K. McClendon                             /s/ Tom L. Ward
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Aubrey K. McClendon, Chairman of the               Tom L. Ward, President, Chief
Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director        Operating Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)                      (Principal Executive Officer)


          /s/ Marcus C. Rowland                            /s/ Michael A. Johnson
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Marcus C. Rowland, Executive Vice                  Michael A. Johnson, Senior Vice President -
President and Chief Financial Officer              Accounting
(Principal Financial Officer)                      (Principal Accounting Officer)


          /s/ Edgar F. Heizer, Jr.                         /s/ Breene M. Kerr
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Edgar F. Heizer, Jr., Director                     Breene M. Kerr, Director


          /s/ Shannon T. Self                              /s/ Frederick B. Whittemore
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Shannon T. Self, Director                          Frederick B. Whittemore, Director