+ Alberta and BC premiers and their officials having meeting to resolve an agreement to facilitate oilsands bitumen shipments by pipeline to the west coast . . . stay tuned
+ Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO) announced winners of its annual Awards program; Project of the Year Category Winner: Burnet, Duckworth and Palmer, LLP, Interior Designer: Sharon Martens, MartensGroup (Sharon sent a note saying: the award is in my name however, Doug Niwa, is the talented designer who won the award for BDP and MartensGroup)
+ BlackBerry agreed to $4.83 billion takeover by Fairfax Financial Holdings
+ Bonnett’s Energy Corp. agreed to be acquired by BEC Acquisition Ltd. (sub. of Mill City Capital LP), $117 million
+ BP Plc asked a U.S. court to halt further payments from its $7.8 billion Gulf of Mexico claims settlement
+ CQ Energy Canada Partnership - Centrica and Qatar Petroleum International completed $1 billion agreement with Suncor Energy for producing natural gas assets, undeveloped land, seismic database, infrastructure and processing plants
+ China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) announced plans to double its LNG import capacity by 35 million/tonnes/year by 2015; currently they have 4 terminals for half that capacity, plan to build more
+ Enbridge Inc. reached agreement with Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited (JACOS) and Nexen Energy ULC to connect their Hangingstone Project to Enbridge’s regional system
+ failed Poseidon Concepts Corp. accused by Alberta Securities Commission of obstructing justice by altering documents
+ Homburg Invest Inc. got an extension of its CCAA protection to December 2, 2013
+ Husky Energy and Statoil JV announced an offshore discovery – Bay du Nord - 300-600 million barrels, 500 km. NW of St. John’s Newfoundland
+ Imperial Oil Ltd., Exxon Mobil Corp. and BP Plc JV applied for off-shore drilling permits for Beaufort Sea . . . and smilin’ Jack Gallagher has to be smiling from his grave
+ Insurance Bureau of Canada announced the southern Alberta floods of June 2013 is the largest (in terms of claims) in Canadian history; current insured claims of $1.7 billion and growing
+ Jack Mintz (School of Public Policy, U of C) report calls for reduced personal and corporate taxes in Alberta AND institution of a an HST as a benefit to Alberta
+ JPMorgan Chase legal woes continue; paid $920 million in settlements but further troubles with authorities lie ahead in connection mortgage trading frauds; further fines/settlements in the order of $3 billion to $7 billion being discussed, as is $11 billion … stay tuned …
+ Lone Pine Resources Canada et al sought court CCAA protection
+ Madison Pacific Properties Inc. acquired 12 office/industrial properties across Canada from Argo Ventures Inc., $60 million/540,000 sq. ft. of facilities, all leased to Taiga Building Products
+ Montana Exploration Corp. and Waldron Energy Corporation got security holder and court approval for their merger arrangement
+ National Oilwell Varco Inc. planning a spin-off of its distribution business, estimated to be worth $3.3 billion
+ Petrominerales Ltd. agreed to acquire Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp., $935 million
+ Rogers Communications is acquiring Pivot Data Centres for $115 million
+ Rogers Communications is acquiring Granite Networks for $6.25 million
+ Ross Smith Asset Management Inc. acquired control over Rockgate Capital Corp.
+ Santrol opened a raw sand and resin-coated proppant terminal in Rycroft
+ Southern Pacific Resource Corp. agreed to sell some non-core Leismer oilsands assets to undisclosed buyer for $18.8 million
+ TransForce Inc. acquired Total Delivery Systems
+ University of Calgary will build a new research program this year – Energy Innovations for Today And Tomorrow
+ Wells Fargo entered into Freddie Mac settlement of $869 million over faulty loans; Citigroup to pay $395 million …
+ WestJet signed a deal with Boeing for purchase of 65 new planes – 737s, for $6.3 billion
+ Wood Group companies operating in Canada merging; creating Wood Group Mustang which wraps together IMV Projects, Wood Group PSN Western Canada and Mustang Canada
+ 3MV Energy Corp. agreed to sell a land package in west central Saskatchewan and related equipment for $9.5 million
