Equity Company Exchange / Symbol Headquarters Amount Comments CNOOC Ltd. NYSE: CEO Beijing US$1.8 billion Has refiled a registration statement proposing a global initial public offering of American Depositary Shares. BOC International, Credit Suisse First Boston and Merrill Lynch are the joint global coordinators and book-runners. R&B Falcon Corp. NYSE: FLC Houston US$403.4 million Sold 16.3 million common shares at $24.75 each, less an underwriting discount to Goldman, Sachs & Co. of $0.20 per share. Williams Energy Partners LP NYSE: WMB Tulsa US$90.6 million Filed for an IPO of 3.8 million units. Lehman Brothers Inc. is the lead underwriter. Westport Resources Corp. NYSE: WRC Denver US$89.7 million Completed its IPO of 9.15 million common shares at $15 each. Evergreen Resources Inc. NYSE: EVG Denver US$82.3 million Offered 2.8 million common shares at $29.38 each. The underwriters were granted an overallotment option for 426,000 shares. A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. was lead manager. Energy Partners Ltd. NYSE: EPL New Orleans US$79 million Priced its IPO of 5.75 million shares of common stock at $15 each. Merrill Lynch & Co. and UBS Warburg LLC were lead managers. DevX Energy Inc. Nasdaq: DVXE Dallas US$63.5 million Offered 10 million common shares at $7.00 and $6.65. Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. Inc. was lead underwriter. NCE Energy Trust Toronto: NCA Toronto C$28.5 million Has planned a best-efforts offering of up to 6.7 million trust units at C$4.25 each. GMX Resources Inc. Nasdaq: GMXR Oklahoma City US$20 million Has registered to offer 2 million units of one common share and one redeemable purchase warrant at $10 each. Paulson Investment Co. Inc. is managing underwriter. NCE Resources Group Toronto: NCF Toronto C$20 million Plans a new flow-through investment called NCE Flow-Through 2000-2 LP. The agents are Canaccord Capital Corp., Dundee Securities Corp., Goepel McDermid Inc. and Yorkton Securities Inc. Progress Energy Ltd. Canadian Venture: PGX Calgary C$15.4 million Northrock Resources Ltd. plans to privately place up to 7.7 million Progress special warrants at C$2 each. Yorkton Securities Inc. is the agent. Omni Energy Services Corp. Nasdaq: OMNI Carencro, La. US$9.7 million Privately placed 7 million common shares for $4.4 million, $800,000 of convertible preferred stock and converted $4.5 million of subordinated debt into preferred shares. Canadian Superior Canadian Calgary C$9.5 million Has privately placed 1.9 million common shares at C$0.90 each and Energy Inc. Venture: SNG 7.8 million flow-through shares at C$1.00 each. Pulse Data Inc. Canadian Venture: PSD Calgary C$6.6 million Plans to issue up to 6 million common shares for C$1 each with a 10% overallotment option. Goepel McDermid Inc. is sole agent for the offering. Cancoil Integrated Canadian Venture: CAN Calgary C$5 million Has privately placed 4.5 million special warrants at C$1.10 each. Services Inc. Redwood Energy Ltd. Canadian Venture: PEY Calgary C$5 million Plans a best-efforts offer of C$2 million of convertible debt and C$3 million of common shares. Canaccord Capital Corp. is sole and exclusive agent Tikal Resources Corp. Toronto: TKZ Calgary C$5 million Plans to privately place $4 million flow-through shares at $1.25 each. Goepel McDermid Inc. is lead manager. Peyto Exploration & Canadian Calgary C$4.4 million Has privately placed 2 million flow-through common shares at C$2.20 Development Corp. Venture: PEY each. Devlan Exploration Inc. Canadian Venture: DXI Calgary C$4.2 million Privately placed 1.8 million flow-through special warrants for C$3 million. Also, Devlan plans to issue up to 708,338 flow through common shares for C$1.2 million. NAL Oil & Gas Trust Toronto: NAE Calgary C$4 million Issued 450,000 trust units at C$8.90 each due to the exercise by the underwriters of their overallotment option in the original issue of 4.3 million units. RBC Dominion Securities Inc. led the underwriting group. Veteran Resources Inc. Canadian Venture: VTI Calgary C$3.48 million Issued 2.9 million units of one common share and one share purchase warrant. Best Pacific Resources Ltd. Toronto: BPG Calgary C$2.2 million Privately placed 1.9 million flow-through common shares at C$1.15 each. Tanganyika Oil Co. Ltd. Canadian Venture: TYK Vancouver C$1.6 million Plans to privately place 800,000 units consisting of one common share and half of a nontransferable warrant at C$2.00 each. Surge Petroleum Inc. Canadian Venture: SPY Calgary C$1.1 million Privately placed 750,000 units at C$1.40 each. Causeway Energy Corp. Toronto: CUW Calgary C$1 million Privately placed 1 million flow-through common shares at C$1 each through a bought-deal financing with National Bank Financial Inc. Endeavour Resources Inc. Canadian Venture: ERU Calgary C$1 million Plans to offer 4 million special warrants at C$0.25 each. Invader Exploration Inc. Canadian Venture: INX Calgary C$1 million Privately placed 5.2 million units of one common share and one share purchase warrant at C$0.20 each. Calvalley Petroleum Inc. Canadian Venture: CVI Calgary C$725,000 Privately placed 566,480 investment units at C$1.25 each. Lexxor Energy Inc. Canadian Venture: LEX Calgary C$500,000 Plans to privately place up to 1.3 million flow-through class A shares at C$0.40 each. Bison Resources Ltd. Canadian Venture: BIS Calgary C$375,000 Plans to privately place 500,000 class A flow-through common shares at C$0.75 each. Grant Prideco Inc. NYSE: GRP The Woodlands, Texas US$200 million Plans to privately place 95⁄8% senior debt securities. Proceeds will refinance the $100-million subordinated note to its former parent, Weatherford International Inc., and other debt. Compagnie Generale NYSE: GGY Paris de GeophysiqueUS$170 million Offered senior notes of 105⁄8% to pay debt under its existing credit facilityand to pay the cash portion of the acquisition of certain seismic assets from Aker Maritime ASA. Precision Drilling Corp. Toronto: PD Calgary Up to C$150 million Offered unsecured 7.65% Series 2 debt due Oct. 27, 2010. Proceeds will be used to replace short-term debt. Friede Goldman Halter Inc. NYSE: FGH Gulfport, Miss. US$110 million Completed a three-year financing that includes a $70-million line of credit and a $40-million term loan. Proceeds were used to pay off the company's existing $41-million line of credit. Callon Petroleum Co. NYSE: CPE Natchez, Miss. US$75 million Entered into a multiyear credit facility, with an initial borrowing base of $50 million, with First Union National Bank and Union Bank of California. Callon Petroleum Co. NYSE: CPE Natchez, Miss. US$30.6 million Senior subordinated notes due 2005 have been priced to yield 11% and approved to list on the New York Stock Exchange. Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. and A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. managed the offering. Headwaters Inc. Nasdaq: HDWR Salt Lake City C$8 million Restructured its bank credit arrangements. Delta Petroleum Corp. Nasdaq: DPTR Denver US$3 million Borrowed $3 million on its acquired interests in the Eland and Stadium fields, Stark County, N.D., from U.S. Bank. Tikal Resources Corp. Toronto: TKZ Calgary Up to C$1 million Plans to issue a two-year convertible debenture that permits the holder to convert the principle for two years for 740,741 Devlan common shares.