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Debby Yost
Debby L. Yost serves as a Senior Environmental Specialist with Chesapeake Energy Corporation and works at Chesapeake’s corporate headquarters in Oklahoma City. Yost has been part of the Environmental Health and Safety and Regulatory Affairs Department since 2007. Yost has worked on a variety of projects involving both regulatory affairs and compliance issues associated with oil and gas exploration and production. Yost has a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and a Master of Science in Agronomy (emphasis on soil chemistry and fertility) from Oklahoma State University. Prior to joining Chesapeake she worked as the Quality Control/Quality Assurance Manager for The Benham Group (now SAIC) offices in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri for almost 18 years. Before that Yost worked at Oklahoma State University running the Cooperative Extension Services Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Laboratory and overseeing soil fertility research projects for over 13 years. During her time at OSU she authored and co-authored a number of publications.
Yost has also been an active participant in the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) and has been part of Environmental Stewardship Subcommittee since 2010. She has served as chair or co-chair of this subcommittee and has overseen the development and roll-out of Recommended Practices on pre-drill water surveys and stray gas investigations as well as development of a Sampling and Analysis Plan for pre-drill sample collection and related fact sheets. Debby also participated in a work group tasked with developing a database for housing pre-drill water test data for MSC operator members.
Contact Information: debby.yost@chk.com; 405-935-4179
Debby L. Yost serves as a Senior Environmental Specialist with Chesapeake Energy Corporation and works at Chesapeake’s corporate headquarters in Oklahoma City. Yost has been part of the Environmental Health and Safety and Regulatory Affairs Department since 2007. Yost has worked on a variety of projects involving both regulatory affairs and compliance issues associated with oil and gas exploration and production. Yost has a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and a Master of Science in Agronomy (emphasis on soil chemistry and fertility) from Oklahoma State University. Prior to joining Chesapeake she worked as the Quality Control/Quality Assurance Manager for The Benham Group (now SAIC) offices in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri for almost 18 years. Before that Yost worked at Oklahoma State University running the Cooperative Extension Services Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Laboratory and overseeing soil fertility research projects for over 13 years. During her time at OSU she authored and co-authored a number of publications.
Yost has also been an active participant in the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) and has been part of Environmental Stewardship Subcommittee since 2010. She has served as chair or co-chair of this subcommittee and has overseen the development and roll-out of Recommended Practices on pre-drill water surveys and stray gas investigations as well as development of a Sampling and Analysis Plan for pre-drill sample collection and related fact sheets. Debby also participated in a work group tasked with developing a database for housing pre-drill water test data for MSC operator members.
Contact Information: debby.yost@chk.com; 405-935-4179