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FACILITYCalgary May 27/25

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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 Steve Revay VP Western Region at Revay and Associates Limited
 
 
Last week's conversation with Rick Andison, VP Development at Devitt & Forand Contractors Inc.
 
Coming soon . . . 
 
- Jim Jenkinson from Owen Solutions Inc.

SHAKERS AND MOVERS

 

+ Bernard Perron to VP Project Dev. @ Inter Pipeline Fund
+ Bill Stephens to Pres. @ ATCO Gas
+ Clayton Woitas to Interim Pres. & CEO @ Encana Corp.
+ David Pope to Head, Calgary office @ Second City Capital Crop.
+ Dwayne Warkentin, Pres. International @ Madalena Ventures Inc., left the company
+ Gail Yahn to Associate Broker @ Fairfield Commercial
+ Gavin Allen to VP Marketing @ Mercedes-Benz Canada
+ Jean Charest to Partner @ McCarthy Tetrault LLP
+ John Matovich to Sr. VP Commercial Canada @ Atlantic Power Corporation
+ Lynsey Mincher to Partner @ Foster LLP
+ Marc LeVier to Pres. & CEO @ Great Western Minerals Group Ltd.
+ Melanie Aitken, formerly Canada’s Competition Commissioner, returned to Partner @ Bennett Jones LLP, has opened and will head Washington DC office of the firm
+ Mike Waites, CEO @ Finning International Inc., will retire this year once a successor is found
+ Peter Wells to Partner @ Foster LLP
+ Randy Eresman, Pres. & CEO @ Encana Corp., resigned
+ Susan Scullion to CFO @ Raise Production Inc.
+ Todd Cook to Pres. & COO @ Northern Property REIT
+ Tracy Sherren to CFO @ True North Commercial REIT 

[send us your firm’s appointment notices to: kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

FINANCINGS - proposed & closed

 

+ American Natural Energy Corporation closed $1 million unsecured convertible deb financing
+ Archer Petroleum Corp. closed $968,550 equity financing
+ BNP Resources Inc. is on the market to raise $200,000 in new equity
+ Encanto Potash Corp. closed $7 million convertible debt financing
+ Marauder Resources East Coast Inc. is on the market to raise $813,180 in new equity
+ Nobel REIT closed $5,600,000 IPO
+ NorthWest International Healthcare REIT closed $1,701,800 overallotment of its recent equity financing
+ Palliser Oil & Gas Corporation secured $52 million credit facility
+ Southern Pacific Resources Corp. is on the market to raise $300 million in debt
+ Sterling Resources Ltd. closed US$ 12 million debt financing

 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events

 

 + Jan. 17; IFMA Luncheon, Dave Patterson, VP Sales, Teknion keynote speaker, Palliser Hotel info/register
+ Jan. 29 & 30; 9th Annual Shale Oil & Gas Symposium, Hyatt Regency, Calgary info/register
+ Jan. 29-30; CI Energy Group’s Western Aboriginal Consultation & Negotiation Conference, Crown Plaza Chateau Lacombe, Edmonton info/register
+ 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
+ Apr. 9; Vancouver Real Estate Forum, Vancouver Convention Centre West
+ 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

[send us your event notices to:  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

 QUOTES

“Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.” – Wendell Phillips

“Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, then for a few close friends, and then for money.” – Moliere



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FRESH TODAY 
 January 15 / 2013 

 

+ Canadian Pacific Railway opened its new 300 acre intermodal facility in Regina
+ current energy prices: live link to Bloomberg.com commodities data ; crude up slightly due to weaker U.S. dollar, debt ceiling fears
+ Encana Corp. Interim CEO Woitas denies company For Sale in wake of CEO resignation, will focus on improving production performance of its assets
+ One Earth Oil & Gas Inc. entered into JV with Gift Energy Limited to develop heavy oil assets on the Gift Lake Metis Settlement lands
+ PetroFrontier Corp. retained advisors to assist in review of strategic alternatives
+ Rogers Communications agreed to invest  $700 million in strategic transactions and acquisition of unused spectrum from Shaw Communication who had abandoned plans for a cell phone business
+ ShawCor Ltd. restructuring to eliminate dual class share structure
+ US Oil Sands Inc. got Utah regulatory approval for mining at its PR Springs Oil Sands Project
+ Western Exempt Market Association re-named itself as National Exempt Market Association
+ Western Plaines Petroleum Ltd. put itself in play by engaging advisors to seek strategic alternatives for the company

 NEWS REVIEW 
 Jan. 8 - 14


 

+ ATB Financial – Daily Economic Comment
+ ATCO Ltd. sold its central Alberta Watelet gas plant to Direct Energy Services
+ Calvalley Petroleum Inc. terminated its strategic review process, Shareholder Rights Plan has expired
+ Fairborne Energy Ltd. changes its name to Santonia Energy Inc.
+ Hess Corp. announced its 2013 CapEx Budget of $6.8 billion
+ JBS Food Canada acquired XL Lakeside Beef processing plant from XL Foods Inc. for $100 million
+ Karnalyte Resources Inc. struck a $60 million investment deal with Gujjarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. of India for a 20 yr, potash supply agreement
+ Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP will invest $1.3 billion to upsize capacity of the Trans Mountain pipeline by 140,000 barrels/day
+ Legacy Oil + Gas Inc. announced its 2013 CapEx Budget of $290 million
+ Lonestar West Inc. expanded to California
+ Melcor Developments Ltd. engaged advisors to assist review process, considering conversion to a REIT, would vend income producing properties into new entity
+ Morguard North American Residential REIT agreed to acquire 6,474 mult-family residential units in the U.S. for SU$633 million
+ NewNorth Projects Ltd. sold its 185 acre residential development site at Cochrane for $2 million
+ Pengrowth Energy Corp. focusing on its thermal heavy oil development plans, will sell $700 million of producing assets
+ Penn West Petroleum Ltd. announced its 2013 CapEx Budget of $900 million
+ PetroBakken Energy Ltd. announced its 2013 CapEx Budget of $675 million
+ Questerre Energy Corporation regained control of its Montney natural uncontrolled release
+ Royal Dutch Shell re-launched its modernized and expanded Houston technology center
+ Temple Hotels Inc. acquired the Courtyard Marriott in downtown Ottawa for $13.25 million
+ Temple Hotels Inc. acquired the Residence Inn in downtown London for $6 million
+ The Bank of Canada released its winter issue of Business Outlook Survey and Senior Loan Officer Survey
+ TransCanada Corporation selected by Progress Energy Canada Ltd. to design, build, own and operating the proposed $5 billion Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project to ship NE British Columbia gas to the Pacific Northwest LNG export facility neat Prince Rupert
+ U.S. economy-watch, from fiscal cliff fears to debt ceiling woes shivering investment climate

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KUDOS

+ to John Chomiak, Pres. & CEO @ Hemisphere Engineering – to be given the Lietenant Governor’s Award for Distinguished Achievement, recognizing a lifetime of contribution in the consulting engineering industry – to be presented in Edmonton Jan. 26 at the Consulting Engineers of Albert Showcase Awards Gala

+ Natural Gas Exchange Inc. established the Peter and Gail Krenkel - NGX Scholarship in Chemical Engineering at the University of Alberta


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+ the Government of Alberta has agreed to pay $10.26 million to the Town of Fort Macleod as compensation for canceling the proposed Police College; to compensate for land, servicing costs and other expenses associated with the bid and planning for the previously awarded project (originally planned as a P3 project when Harvey Cenaiko was Solicitor General, 43 communities pitches sites)

+ Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec invested US$500 million in Invenergy Wind LLC

+ Black Lake First Nation and Saskatchewan Power Corporation a proposing a 50 megawatt generating station at Elizabeth Falls


+ South Calgary Hospital complex opened its ER department to the public, taking pressure off other city hospitals
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