+ AESO short-listed 5 companies to bid on Fort McMurray West 500Kv transmission line
+ Alberta Government opened a trade office in New Delhi, India
+ AMEC agreed to acquire Foster Wheeler for US$3.2 billion
+ Calgary City Council approved rezoning to permit construction of TELUS Sky project; 58 storey building office/apartment mix to be built on Art Central site; 750,000 sq. ft. building to be complete by fall 2017
+ Canada’s Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions to oversee banks participating in CDOR (Canadian Dealer Offer Rate) in wake of LIBOR scandal
+ Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. announced its turnaround plans for its upgrader (coker 8-2) will occur in the 2nd qtr 2014; project will take 3 months
+ CFFBank is the new name for MonCana Bank of Canada
+ Desjardins Group agreed to acquire State Farm Canada
+ Deloitted LLP acquired ATD Legal Services PC
+ Edgefront Realty Corp. completed its conversion to Edgefront REIT
+ Enbridge Inc. restarted Line 67 south of Regina after a shut-down due to leak/release of 125 barrels of heavy crude
+ Encana Corp. started recruitment of Pres, CEO and other executives for its Clearwater spin-off planned for launch and IPO mid-2014
+ Entrec Corporation announced its 2014 CapEx Budget is $46 million
+ Finance Minister Flaherty says 45,900 Canadian job losses in Dec. indicate economic recovery is still frail
+ Government of Alberta signed a trade agreement with State of Punjab, India; meanwhile stories out of India indicate India is shopping for long term oil supply contract . . . tic toc
+ Husky Energy Inc. refinery in Lima, Ohio suspended operations after power outage and chemical release
+ Kitimat LNG plant – Chevron Corporation and Apache Corporation awarded the contract for engineering, procurement and construction to the JGC/Fluor consoritum
+ Lignol Energy Corporation agreed to acquire the 45% of Territory Biofuels Limited it did not already own to control 100%
+ Neil Young came to Calgary, did a concert and left; in wake of his 4-city tour to raise money for First Nations treaty-rights litigation he drew attention to issues, took pot-shots at targets. If Ralph Klein was still with us he would describe it as a drive-by smear. Politicians were expectedly silent. Oil industry via CAPP were drawn into it without much success in advancing their viewpoint. As a contest, a draw - no winner, industry bruised but unaffected, fading talented self-promoting entertainer raised his profile to sell more music
+ North Dakota Industrial Commission announced oil production in the state reached 975,000 barrels/day in November
+ Richardson GMP Limited agreed with Dundee Goodman Private Wealth for 60 investment advisors and support to staff to transfer to Dundee Goodman
+ Royal Dutch Shell announced it will sell of $15 billion in assets over the next two years, including some North Sea assets
+ Savanna Energy Services Corp. announced an increase in its 2014 CapEx Budget to $145.6 million
+ Shape Properties is proposing to build a $400 million retail mall on a 55 hectare site west of Canada Olympic Park – working its way through approvals process; project to open in 2018
+ Strategic Oil & Gas Ltd. announced its 2014 CapEx Budget is $80 million
+ Surge Energy Inc. agreed to acquire $109 million in SE Saskatchewan light oil assets
+ Surge Energy Inc. increased its 2014 CapEx Budget to $116 million
+ Talisman Energy Inc. declined a US$17 billion takeover bid from GDF Suez to acquire part of Talisman
+ Titan Logix Corp. adopted a shareholder rights plan
+ Total SA confirmed it has taken a 40% interest in two UK shale gas exploration plays; first major to invest in UK shale
+ Total SA received approval from Chinese authorities to invest $4 billion along with China Power Investment Corporation for a ‘coal-to-olefins’ program
+ TransCanada Corporation and State of Alaska looking to partner in an LNG export project; capital cost to be US$65 billion
+ U.S. House-Senate negotiators rolled out a US$1.1 trillion spending bill to entrench its budget negotiations in law and calm financial markets
+ WestJet Encore airline launched it services across the prairies
+ Woodside Petroleum Ltd. signed a deal with the B.C. government to develop an LNG export facility at Grassy Point near Prince Rupert
+ Woodward Davis LLP merged with MNP LLP
