+ Alberta government reported $1 billion surplus on $20.3 billion in revenue for first 6 months of the fiscal year, of which $351 million has been spent on flood assistance
+ Alberta Oilsands Inc. asking $56 million in compensation for lease cancellation in connection with crown lands being made available by Alberta government for expansion of Fort McMurray boundaries
+ Anterra Energy Inc. acquiring $12 million property in Nipisi area, $12.1 million
+ Apache Corp. in talks to sell its Argentina assets
+ Argentina agreed to compensate Repsol et al for nationalization of YPF
+ Birchcliff Energy Ltd. closed $59 million sale of non-core assets
+ BlackBerry Ltd. shook up its executive suite, CFO gone …
+ BP Plc completed start-up of its refinery coker at Whiting, Indiana – a $4 billion revamp to accommodated heavy Canadian oilsands crude
+ Calgary City Council rethinking how it will spend $52 million tax windfall; weighing refund, LRT fund and flood recovery …. stay tuned
+ Devon Canada Corporation to re-organize as mainly heavy oil player; plans to divest conventional oil and natural gas assets
+ Enbridge Energy Partners LP and Enbridge Inc. secured a major shipper, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, for its $2.6 billion Sandpiper Pipeline Project (Marathon will participate as an equity partner in the line)
+ Hawk Exploration Ltd. announced its 2014 CapEx Budget is $10 million
+ Ironhorse Oil & Gas Inc. closed its $7.2 million sale of Leon Lake area assets
+ Marquee Energy Ltd. announced its 2014 CapEx Budget is $45 million
+ National Energy Board pushing for hydraulic fracturing firms to disclose fluids content via http://fracfocus.ca
+ Oanda Energy Resources Inc. agreed to acquired Nigerian business of ConocoPhillips
+ Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. closed its arrangement to acquire Petrominerales Ltd.
+ Pembina Pipeline Corporation announced its 2014 CapEx Budget is $1.5 billion
+ PetroGlobe Inc. filed for bankruptcy
+ Sinopec in talks with Apache Corp. to acquire a stake in proposed Kitimat LNG export project
+ TransCanada Corporation launched open season on Canadian Mainline natural gas pipeline, for its Triangle Region (North Bay, Toronto, Montreal)