+  TransCanada Corporation completed its Montagne Seche project & phase one of the Gros-Morne wind farm (part of 5 phase Cartier Wind Energy Project); combined to produce 159 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy

+ Calgary’s new $250 million central library groundbreaking likely to be put off to 2013 due to complexity of planning the facility

+ WestJet’s Calgary campus headquarters achieved LEED Gold certification

+ Alberta Infrastructure sourcing of 13 new schools – 3 short listed consortia competing on RFP; ABC Schools Group, Alberta Consortium for Education and Build to Learn 3

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+ Anatolia Energy Corp. closed its merger with Bolivar Energy Corp.

+ Asian stocks down on Euro-zone concerns

+ Canada will NOT renew its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol, but ratified its support of Copenhagen and Cancun agreements on climate change

+ China calling for binding emissions cuts after 2020 at Durban climate conference

+ Compton Petroleum Corp. engaged advisors to recruit replacements for executive and board resignations; COO and VP Bus. Dev. staying on

+ Crescent Point Energy announced 2012 CapEx budget of $1.1 billion

+ current energy prices -  live link to Bloomberg.com commodities data , oil down for 3^rd day in a row on concerns over S&P credit downgrades

+ Devon Energy Corp. got regulatory approval for its Jackfish 3 oilsands project

+ Saxon (SES Holdings Ltd.) acquired Schlumberger’s Rig Management Group

+ BP Plc selling $1.67 billion in Canadian natural gas liquids business to Plains All American Pipeline

+ Celtic Exploration Ltd. closed its $50 million acquisition of Grande Cache natural gas assets

+ ConocoPhillips announced 2012 CapEx budget of $15.5 billion

+ Euro zone central bank tightens credit, worldwide tension heightened

+ Husky Energy Inc. announced 2012 CapEx budget of $4.7 billion

+ Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP to spend $210 million to build additional tank farm capacity in Edmonton

+ MCAP agreed to acquire the residential mortgage operations of ResMor Trust Company

+ MF Global failure investigation continues; $1 billion client funds shortfall, entire board resigned

+ Nexen Inc. selling 40% stake – JV with Inpex Gas British Columbia Ltd. for development of Horn River, Cordova and Liard basins

+ Nexen Inc. formed JV with China National Offshore Oil Corp. to develop Gulf of Mexico assets

+ Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT agreed to acquire 82% of 40 Sunpark Plaza SE, $11.85 million

+ Oilsands Quest Inc. secured court ordered creditor protection

+ OPEC wrestling with role of resurgent Libyan production in advance of Dec. 14 meeting

+ Petroamerica Oil Corp. adopted a shareholders rights plan

+ rig worker shortage concerns CAODC

+ Standard & Poors downgraded credit ratings of Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley

+ U.S. EPA considering new rules for hydraulic fracturing  in shale rock formations

+ U.S. Republican senators pushing for early approval of Keystone XL pipeline

For every sale you miss because you’re too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you’re not enthusiastic enough. – Zig Ziglar

Business is like sex. When it’s good, it’s very, very good; when it’s not so good, it’s still good. – George Katona

+ Altima Resources Ltd. closed $1,050,000 convertible debt financing

+ Argosy Energy Inc. closed $11,450,000 in new equity

+ BNP Resources Inc. is on the market to raise $100,000 in new equity

+ Border Petroleum Corp. closed $23,010,000 equity and flow-through equity issue

+ Crocotta Energy Inc. are on the market to raise $25,002,850 in new equity

+ Delphi Energy Corp. is on the market to raise $29,986,000 in flow-through equity issues

+ Genoil Inc. closed US$514,320 common share & warrants issue

+ Manitok Energy Inc. closed $20,022,000 is on the market in new equity

+ Pennant Energy Inc. closed $4,101,000 in flow-through shares

+ Penn West Petroleum Ltd. closed $135 million debt financing

+ PetroSands Resources (Canada) Inc. is on the market to raise $ 1 million in flow-through equity

+ Shoal Point Energy Ltd. closed $4,890,000 flow-through equity financing

+ Skope Energy Inc. is on the market to raise $15,000,000 in convertible debt

+ Strategic Oil & Gas Ltd. is on the market to raise $40,070,000 in new equity

+ Talisman Energy Inc. is on the market to raise $200 million in preferred equity

+ Tethys Petroleum Ltd. is on the market to raise $13,520,000 in new equity

+ Tourmaline Oil Corp. closed $55,831,500 flow-through share issue

+ TriOil Resources Ld. closed $25,035,045 new equity financing