Okla-City-based Chesapeake Energy has announced a company name change following this year’s $7.4 billion merger with Southwestern Energy that’s expected to close next week. The combo creates the nation’s largest natural gas producer upsetting EQT’s number one position it’s held since 2017....

Rusty Hutson isn’t your typical gas producer. As the founder and CEO of Ala.-based Diversified Energy, he walks his own path—even one he didn’t expect to find again....