Equity Company Exchange / Symbol Headquarters Amount Comments Oneok Inc. (NYSE: OKE) Tulsa US$491.4 million Plans to sell 12 million newly issued shares and US$275 million of equity units. Joint book-running managers are Banc of America Securities LLC, UBS Warburg LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. Latigo Petroleum NA Tulsa US$300 million Received $300 million in private-equity financing from Warburg Pincus LLC and JPMorgan Partners. Forest Oil Corp. (NYSE: FST) Denver US$217.9 million Plans to sell 9 million shares of its common stock to buy back an equivalent amount of common stock from The Anschutz Corp. and certain of its affiliates. Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) Oklahoma City US$150 million Privately placed US$150 million of 12-year senior notes. Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers Inc. were managers. Cal Dive International Inc. (Nasdaq: CDIS) Houston US$25 million Privately placed US$25 million of a newly designated class of preferred stock convertible into 833,334 shares of common at US$30. Olympia Energy Inc. (Canadian Venture: OLY) Calgary C$5.7 million Privately placed 1,390,243 flow-through shares at C$4.10 each. Griffiths McBurney & Partners was lead underwriter with Yorkton Securities Inc. Bow Valley Energy Ltd. (Toronto: BVX) Calgary C$5.16 million Privately placed 2.4 million common shares at C$2.15 each. The syndicate of underwriters included FirstEnergy Capital Corp., Canaccord Capital Corp., Peters & Co. Ltd. and Tristone Capital Inc. Proceeds will fund its exploration program. Miramar Mining Corp. (Toronto: MAE) Vancouver C$3.45 million Privately placed 2.31 million flow-through common shares at C$1.50 each. Proceeds will fund drilling. Gentry Resources Ltd. (Toronto: GNY) Calgary C$3.05 million Privately placed 1 million flow-through common shares at C$1.65 each and 1 million units at C$1.40 each. Each unit consists of one common share and 0.50 warrant to acquire one additional share at C$1.75 each within 18 months. Underwriters were led by Canaccord Capital Corp. and included First Associates Investments Inc. and Octagon Capital Corp. Proceeds will fund its capital expenditure program. AltaCanada Energy Corp. (Toronto: ANG) Calgary C$2.12 million Issued 4.7 million flow-through common shares at C$0.45 each. Proceeds will finance exploration, drilling and development. First Associates Investments Inc. was the lead agent with Acumen Capital Finance Partners Ltd., CIBC Wood Gundy and Wolverton Securities.Genoil Inc. (Canadian Venture: GNO) Calgary C$2.02 million Issued 20.2 million common shares at C$0.10 each. Proceeds will be used for working capital. Genoil Inc. (Canadian Venture: GNO) Calgary C$2.02 million Issued 20.2 million common shares at C$0.10 each. Proceeds will be used for working capital. Debt Flowing Energy Corp. (Toronto: FLO) Calgary C$1.98 million Plans to issue 2.2 million flow-through units at C$0.90 each. Each unit will consist of one common share and 0.50 flow-through warrant to acquire one share issued on a flow-through basis at C$1.40 until Dec. 15. First Associates Investments Inc. is manager. Proceeds will fund acquisition, exploitation, development and exploration. Hurricane Hydrocarbons Ltd. (Toronto: HHL) Calgary US$212 million Plans to redeem all US$208 million of its outstanding 12% senior notes due 2006 for US$212 million. Pakistan State Oil (Karachi: PSO) Karachi, Pakistan US$100 million Received a US$100-million oil-import financing facility from a state-run Pakistani bank. Trico Marine Services Inc. (Nasdaq: TMAR) Houston US$50 million Entered into a US$50-million revolving credit facility, maturing on Dec. 18, 2005, to refinance its US$45-million credit facility. Proceeds will be used for working capital, capital expenditures and other corporate purposes. Nordea was lead underwriter with Bank of Scotland and Hamburgische Landesbank. Acclaim Energy Trust (Toronto: AE) Calgary C$45 million Sold C$45 million of 11% convertible extendible unsecured subordinated debentures. The syndicate of underwriters was led by Scotia Capital Inc. and included BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., FirstEnergy Capital Corp. and TD Securities Inc. Proceeds will fund the acquisition of Elk Point Resources, pay debt and support general corporate purposes. Niko Resources Ltd. (Toronto: NKO) Calgary US$30 million Received a US$30-million credit facility from International Finance Corp. Proceeds will fund Niko's development activities on India's west coast. Contango Oil & Gas Co. (Amex: MCF) Houston US$27.5 million Has increased its borrowing base on its existing secured revolving line of credit with Guaranty Bank FSB to US$27.5 million.
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