+ Artisan Energy Corporation agreed to acquire a $5.6 million stake in light oil properties from Magnum Energy Inc.
+ Canadian economy grew more than expected in 2013 according to a Statistics Canada report
+ Canadian Pacific agrees to sell the west end of its Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern line to Genesee & Wyoming for US$ 210 million
+ Enbridge Inc. published its 2013 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
+ European outlook still dodgy; France appears to have narrowly avoided dipping back into recession at the same time as it is imposing 75% tax on high income earners
+ Federated Co-operatives Limited’s Regina refinery to function at ½ capacity while repairs from last week’s explosion are made
+ Great Prairie Energy Services Inc. is the new name for DevCorp Capital Inc.
+ Hibernia offshore crude platform has a leaking valve leaking; output reduced pending repairs
+ Kitsault Energy Ltd. applied for permits to operate a west coast LNG export facility at Kisault, a ghost town the company owns even though the company has no natural gas assets or contracts . . . really??
+ LGX Oil + Gas Inc. commenced legal action to vary the Federal Environment Minister’s Emergency Order for the Protection of the Sage-Grouse. LGX has activities on affected Crown lands
+ Lone Pine Resources Inc. filed its CCAA restructuring plan with Court of Queen’s Bench
+ Loonie rallied yesterday, recovering recent losses though the market appears bearish for the Loonie, which could be good news for 2014
+ Manulife Financial Corporation closed the sale of its Taiwan life insurance operations
+ Marquee Energy Ltd. closed its acquisition of Michichi area assets in a shares and cash deal from Sonde Resources Corp.
+ PekarskyStein opened an Edmonton office
+ Petroforte International Ltd. is changing its name to Canamax Energy Ltd.
+ PwC reported that the IPO market in Canada was $2.7 billion in 2013, stronger than expected (2012 was $1.7 billion)
+ rail crash/derailment near Fargo, North Dakota – 8 oil filled tanker cars exploded, 2 engines destroyed … 56 cars in the BNSF train are in danger while 50 are separated and safe
+ Royal Dutch Shell closed its $5.4 billion acquisition of Repsol’s LNG business outside North America
+ Toronto area power outages continue; now only 3,000 Ontarions without power, down from 300,000 during last week’s ice storm
+ TransCanada Corporation acquired Mississippi Mills solar energy facility from Canadian Solar Solutions Inc.; fourth property in a nine facilities deal – 86MW/$500 million with 20 yr. agreements in place with Ontario Power Authority
+ TransForce Inc. agreed to acquire Vitran Corporation for US$136 million
+ Vanguard Natural Resources LLC agreed to buy US$581 million in Wyoming natural gas and oil properties from Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
