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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     We, the undersigned officers and directors of Chesapeake Energy Corporation
(hereinafter, the "Company"), hereby severally constitute and appoint Aubrey K.
McClendon, Tom L. Ward and Marcus C. Rowland, and each of them, severally, our
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power to act
without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to
sign for us, in our names as officers or directors, or both, of the Company, and
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any state securities
regulatory board or commission any documents relating to the securities offered
pursuant to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, including any amendments to
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 or otherwise (including post-effective
amendments), granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and to 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 each of us might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or
their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

DATED this 16th day of August, 2001



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


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


    /s/ E.F. Heizer, Jr.                                            /s/ Breene M. Kerr
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E.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
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