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Mark Kolke talks with interesting Calgary shakers and movers, about what drives them, about what they see . . .  
 
This week's conversation with Len Coad of The Conference Board of Canada
 
 
Last week's conversation with Mike Kehoe of Fairfield Commercial
SHAKERS AND MOVERS

 

+ Alan Ross to Envoy to Ottawa @ Government of Alberta
+ Allan Tarasuk to Pres. Services Group @ The Churchill Corporation
+ Aubrey McClendon, CEO @ Chesapeake Energy, stepped down
+ Barry Heck to Chair @ Alberta Economic Development Authority
+ Brent Moore to CFO @ United Protection Security Group Inc.
+ Christopher Ruttkay to Associate @ Lawson Lundell LLP
+ David Manning to Envoy to Washington @ Government of Alberta
+ Jack Singer, real estate investor, philanthropist and raconteur, died
+ Jeff Dumont to Associate VP Finance & Corporate Services @ NAIT
+ John Mingé to Chairman & Pres. @ BP America Inc.
+ Keith Creel to Pres. & COO @ Canadian Pacific
+ Kristina Scade to CFO @ Lonestar West Inc.
+ Peter Garrett to Pres. @ Innovate Calgary
+ Rich Pulles to Calgary Account Manager @ NCS Oilfield Services
+ Richard Tremblay to VP Operations @ Coalspur Mines Limited
 
[send us your firm’s appointment notices to: kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

FINANCINGS - proposed & closed

 

+ Alter NRG closed $11 million equity financing
+ Bell Aliant Inc. is on the market to raise $200 million in preferred equity
+ BNK Petroleum Inc. secured US$76 million credit facility
+ KEYreit closed $23 million equity financing
+ Macquarie Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund closed $31.7 million warrants offering
+ MINT Income fund closed $33,971,931 rights offering
+ Montana Exploration Corp. is on the market to raise $3.5 million in new equity
+ Palliser Oil & Gas Corporation closed $3,150,000 equity financing
+ Shoal Point Energy Ltd. closed $6.7 million equity financing
+ Summit Industrial Income REIT is on the market to raise $177 million

 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events

 

+ Feb. 9; Alberta Economic Summit, Mount Royal University, Calgary
+ Feb. 13 & 14; BUILDEX, Vancouver Convention Centre, info/register
+ Feb. 19; True North Apartment REIT, Special Meeting of Unitholders, Toronto
+ Feb. 26-17; 2nd Annual Shutdowns Fort McMurray Conference, Fort McMurray info/register
+ Mar. 5; Alberta Legislature begins its spring sitting, Edmonton
+ Mar. 5; CCAT’s 3rd Annual Innovation Summit, Innovate Calgary
+ Mar. 12-13; 13th Annual Arctic Oil and Gas Symposium, Hyatt Regency, Calgary info/register
+ Apr. 9; Vancouver Real Estate Forum, Vancouver Convention Centre West
+ Apr. 9 & 10; Calgary – Construction Financing Course, Mark Kolke Course Leader, 11 presenters -  info/register
+ Apr. 11, 2013 – Vancouver Real Estate Forum, Vancouver Convention Centre West, SAVE THE DATE
+ Apr. 22; PTAC Tight Oil & Gas Forum, Calgary Petroleum Club, info/register
+ May 9; Edmonton Real Estaet Forum, Edmonton Convention Centre
+ May 29; Calgary Real Estate Leasing Conference, Telus Convention Centre, Calgary
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FRESH TODAY 
 February 5 / 2013 

 

+ Alberta planning to offer incentives and concessions to win U.S. government approval of Keystone XL Pipeline with new Obama administration, new Secretary of State
+ current energy prices: live link to Bloomberg.com commodities data ; crude futures slumped yesterday – as did most commodities on skepticism rally can continue
+ Pure Industrial REIT closed $44.1 million acquisition
+ Royal Dutch Shell PLC got National Energy Board approval to export LNG from B.C. coast terminal (licence for 24 million tonnes/day for 25 years)
+ TransForce Inc. closed its acquisition of Velocity Express

 NEWS REVIEW 
 Jan. 30 - Feb. 4


 

+ AltaGas formed a JV with Idemitsu Kosan for export of LPG and LGN
+ ATB Financial – Daily Economic Comment
+ China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) announced its 2013 CapEx budget of $12 bilion
+ Cominar REIT closed $149.8 million in property acquisitions
+ Dell Computer close to $24 billion buyout deal, Michael Dell to re-take controlling interest
+ DeVry Institute of Technology is closing its Calgary campus due to low enrolments
+ High Arctic Energy Services Inc. announced its 2013 CapEx budget of $32 million
+ Imperial Oil announced its capital costs of the Kearl Oil-Sands project have from $10.9 billion to $12.9 billion
+ Inter Pipeline Fund announced its 2013 CapEx Budget of $1.5 billion
+ Kinder Morgan Energy Partners agreed to acquire Copano Energy for $3.2 billion
+ MEG Energy Corp. developing plan to barge bitumen via Mississippi after pipeline and/or rail shipment to Chicago
+ Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver approved proposal for Irving Oil to transport crude via West-toEast pipeline; repurposed natural gas pipelined (TransCanada’s) could move up to 1 million barrels/day to St. John, New Brunswick refinery
+ National Energy Board recommended partial approval of NOVA Gas Transmission’s Northwest Mainline Komie Northern Extension project; $333.2 million project, two pipeline segment northwest of Manning, Alberta
+ NCSG Crane & Heavily Haul Services acquired Grizzly Crane Ltd.
+ PEMEX headquarters in Mexico City bombed by terrorists, 35 dead
+ review period – ExxonMobil Canada’s takeover of Celtic Exploration Ltd – by Industry Canada extended to Feb. 20

 REAL ESTATE NEWS FROM OTHER PLACES

+ Taber Courthouse designated at a Provincial Historic Resource

 INFRASTRUCTURE / P3 / GREEN


+ SNC-Lavalin led consortium ‘EGRT Construction’ won the contract $889 million Evergreen Line rapid transit project in metro Vancouver
 QUOTES

“Old age is not so bad when you consider the alternatives.” – Maurice Chevalier

“You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.” – Abraham Lincoln

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