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FACILITYCalgary May 6/25

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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 Jim Jenkinson of Owen Solutions Inc.
 
 
This week's conversation with Steve Revay VP Western Region at Revay and Associates Limited
 
Coming soon . . . 
 
- Mike Kehoe of Fairfield Commercial

SHAKERS AND MOVERS

 

+ Brendan Dolan to Pres. @ ATCO Pipelines
+ Bryan Colvin to Principal @ Read Jones Christofferson Consulting Engineers
+ Cameron Kramer to Sr. VP & COO @ ARC Resources Ltd.
+ Chris Davis to Associated @ Read Jones Christofferson Consulting Engineers
+ Clint Warkentin to VP & Treasurer @ ATCO Group
+ Daniel Sutherland to VP Business Dev. @ Alliance Pipeline Ltd.
+ Jennifer Lightbody to Pres. & Gen. Mgr. @ Venture Communications
+ Karen Richards, CFO @ The Caldwell Partners International Inc., retired
+ Kip Daechsel to National Managing Partner @ Heenan Blaikie
+ Laurie Kiedrowski to Partner @ McLeod Law
+ Mark Peavy to VP CO2 Projects @ Enhanced Oil Resources Inc.
+ Michael Kwiatkowski to Partner @ McLeod Law
+ Myron Stadnyk to Pres. & CEO @ ARC Resources Ltd.
+ Neil Bruce to Pres., Resources & Environment @ SNC-Lavalin
+ Richard Lui to VP Western Region @ Polaris Realty (Canada) Limited
+ Roy Klassen to Partner @ McLeod Law
+ Ryan Franzen to Partner @ McLeod Law
+ Scott Smalling to VP & CFO @ Equal Energy Ltd.
+ Scott Thon to Interim Exec. VP, Global Power @ SNC-Lavalin
+ Shelley White to Partner @ McLeod Law
+ Sterling Koch to VP, HSE @ Plains Midstream Canada
 
[send us your firm’s appointment notices to: kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

FINANCINGS - proposed & closed

 

+ Adira Energy Ltd. is on the market to raise $15 million in new equity
+ Arsenal Energy Inc. secured $85 million credit facility
+ Bengal Energy is on the market to raise $3.5 million in convertible and non-convertible debt
+ BNP Resources Inc. is on the market to raise $200,000 in new equity
+ Claude Resources Inc. secured $25 million debt facility
+ Enerkem Inc. closed $37 million equity financing
+ Far East Energy Corporation closed $60 million senior secured debt financing
+ Marauder Resources East Coast Inc. is on the market to raise $813,180
+ MBAC Fertilizer Corp. is on the market to raise $30 million equity financing
+ NCE Resources Group is on the market to raise $125 million in flow-through shares through limited partnerships
+ Invicta Energy Corp. secured $18 million increase in credit facility
+ KEYreit closed $1.2 million overallotment of its recent convertible debt financing
+ Northland Power Inc. $156.3 million senior secured debt financing
+ Palliser Oil & Gas Corporation is on the market to raise $3,150,000 in new equity
+ Pure Industrial REIT is on the market to raise $50.5 million in new equity
+ Southern Pacific Resources Corp. is on the market to raise $300 million bond issue

 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events

 

+ 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
+ Mar. 5; Alberta Legislature begins its spring sitting, Edmonton
+ Mar. 5; CCAT’s 3rd Annual Innovation Summit, Innovate Calgary
+ 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
[send us your event notices to:  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

 QUOTES

“The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.” – Flora Whittemore

“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles

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FRESH TODAY 
 January 22 / 2013 

 

+ Alberta Finance Minister Doug Horner committed to ‘no new taxes for now’ when questioned about his upcoming budget to be delivered March 7
+ Argent Energy Trust announced its 2013 CapEx Budget of US$41 million
+ Bank of Canada interest rate announcement and Monetary Policy Report on Jan. 23rd
+ current energy prices: live link to Bloomberg.com commodities data ; U.S. markets closed yesterday for Martin Luther King Day, crude-futures at 4 month high due to decline in nationwide U.S. crude oil stocks
+ Pure Industrial REIT agreed to acquire $129.4 million portfolio of industrial properties
+ World Economic Forum kicks off in Davos, Switzerland

 NEWS REVIEW 
 Jan. 15 - 21

 

+ ATB Financial – Daily Economic Comment
+ ArPetrol Ltd. engaged advisors to assist with a strategic review process
+ Barack Obama sworn in for a second term as President of the United States; U of C School of Public Policy report discusses the next four years
+ BC LNG Export Co-Operative, proposed by Houston-based LNG Partners and co-owned by the Haisla First Nation, finalized a contract for LNG purchase and offtake for Train 1 of its Douglas Channel LNG Project
+ Bird Construction Inc. closed its $13.3 million acquisition of Nason Contracting Ltd.
+ BMO Bank of Montreal plans to invest $100 million in new branches in Alberta & NWT
+ Calmena Energy Services Inc. engaged advisors to conduct a strategic review process to enhance shareholder value
+ ConocoPhillips agreed to sell oilfield assets in Montana and North Dakota for $1.05 billion
+ Frontier Energy Group LLC acquired Canary Wellhead Equipment Inc.
+ H & R REITmade a $4.6 billion takeover bid for Primaris Retail REIT
+ hostage crisis at BP facility in Algeria – 85 dead
+ KS Acuisition II LP extended its takeover bid for Primaris Retail REIT
+ Mayro Naheed Nenshi enroute to World Economic Forum in Davos; presenting as part of The Young Global Leaders group
+ Mullen Group Ltd. announced its 2013 CapEx Budget of $80 million
+ Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. announced its 2013 CapEx Budget of $430 million
+ Surge Energy Inc. announced its 2013 CapEx Budget of $140 million
+ TransForce Inc. agreed to acquire Velocity Express
+ U.S.  Bureau of Land Management revised proposed new Federal Fracking Regulations
+ U.S. fracking up against water supply issues in drought areas – Jeff Rubin article
+ Western Financial Group (Western) closed its acquisition of First Insurance Agencies Ltd.

KUDOS

+ to Husky Energy, celebrating its 75th anniversary in business

+ to STARS Air Ambulance; their 19th Annual STARS & Spurs gala raised $1.1 million

+ Dr. Alan Ulsifer of FYidoctors named Canada’s Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for 2012



 REAL ESTATE NEWS FROM OTHER PLACES

+ Sony Corp. agreed to sell its U.S. headquarters in New York City for $1.1 billion; also has one of its main buildings in Tokyo for sale as well, expect to sell for $1.14 billion

+ Ivanhoé Cambridge in JV with Hines to develop River Point project in Chicago’s West Loop; 45 storey 900,000 sq. ft. office tower (LEED Gold) and 1.5 acre public park


+ Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley agreed to pay $557 settlement to regulators over their mortgage lending and foreclosure practices

+ Nortwestel investing $233 million; modernization plan for internet and wireless services to northerners

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+ Petrowest Corporation partnered with Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation to construct the final leg of Highway 43 twinning project; 19.9 kilmetres, $78 million, to be completed by 4th qtr. 2014

+ Hoop Realty Inc. and Menkes Developments Ltd. broke ground on a LEED Platinum building (One York Street) in Toronto; 35 storey office tower, 800,000 sq. ft. of Class “AAA” space; $375 million building to open Summer 2016
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