Aubrey McClendon, chairman and chief executive of Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK), said Wednesday the company is still mulling the export of liquified natural gas from the U.S., but economics have dimmed the prospect.

"We are still looking into it but with the current gas price environment and the credit situation, it is going to be pretty tough," McClendon said during an interview at the Cambridge Energy Research Associates gathering in Houston.

Meanwhile the executive said that strong interest in its $1 billion bond offering late last month prompted an additional $300 million debt offering.

"We didn't know the money was out there and we found overwhelming demand for our bonds," McClendon.

McClendon said that Chesapeake will continue to grow despite the downturn in energy prices.

But "we won't be growing quite as quick," McClendon said.

The company has hired new employees and is constructing new buildings on its Oklahoma City campus.

-By Jason Womack, Dow Jones Newswires; 713-547-9201; jason.womack@dowjones.com