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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.6


                   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-8, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about
August 16, 2001, of information from our reserve report with respect to the oil
and gas reserves of Gothic Energy Corporation dated as of December 31, 2000 and
all reference 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.


                                        LEE KEELING AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
                                        by: /s/ KENNETH RENBERG
                                            Kenneth Renberg, Vice President


Tulsa, Oklahoma
August 16, 2001