Equity Company Exchange / Symbol Headquarters Amount Comments XTO Energy Inc. (NYSE: XTO) Fort Worth, Texas US$258.7 million Issued 13.8 million shares at US$18.75 each. Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley were underwriters. Black Hills Corp. (NYSE: BKH) Rapid City, S.D. US$118 million Issued 4.6 million shares. Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers were managers. Celtic Exploration Ltd. (Toronto: CLT) Calgary C$17.7 million Privately placed 4.5 million common shares at C$3.95 each. Proceeds will fund development, exploration and acquisitions. FirstEnergy Capital Corp. was lead underwriter with Peters & Co. Ltd., TD Securities Inc., Yorkton Securities Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., J.F. Mackie & Co. and Tristone Capital Inc. ATP Oil & Gas Corp. (Nasdaq: ATPG) Houston US$11.8 million Privately placed 4 million shares of common stock. Net proceeds will pay debt, be used for development and acquisition activities and for general corporate purposes. InterOil Corp. (Toronto: IOL) Calgary C$11.33 million Issued 755,000 common shares at C$15 each. Peters & Co. Ltd., Westwind Partners Inc., Jennings Capital Inc., Canaccord Capital Corp. and Haywood Securities Inc. are underwriters. Proceeds will fund exploration and development in Papua New Guinea and be used for general corporate purposes. Vinccler Oil and Gas Corp. Pretium Industries Inc. (Canadian Venture: PI) Vancouver C$6.5 million Issued 2.04 million special warrants convertible into a unit consisting of one common share and one common share purchase warrant. Dundee Securities Corp. was agent. Debt Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) Charlotte, N.C. US$700 million Sold US$700 million of 1.75% 20-year convertible senior bonds. Citigroup was lead manager with Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Wachovia Securities. CNOOC (NYSE: CEO) Hong Kong US$500 million Sold US$200 million of 10-year notes and US$300 million of 30-year bonds. Goldman Sachs was lead manager with Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse First Boston. Plains Exploration & Production Co. (NYSE: PXP) Houston US$575 million Received a US$500 million credit facility to finance its acquisition of 3Tec Energy Corp. and pay other debt. The lenders are J.P. Morgan Chase, Bank One and Bank of Montreal. Also issued US$75 million of nine-year senior subordinated unsecured notes. XTO Energy Inc. (NYSE: XTO) Fort Worth, Texas US$400 million Privately placed US$400 million of 6.25% senior notes due 2013. Proceeds will fund acquisitions, be used to redeem outstanding 8.75% senior subordinated notes due 2009 and pay other debt. Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) Houston US$350 million Sold US$350 million of senior unsecured 4.375% notes to pay debt. Bluewater Finance Ltd. NA The Netherlands US$335 million Added $75 million to its existing 10.25% senior notes due February 2012. The total amount of the notes now outstanding is $335 million. Morgan Stanley is underwriter. Pride International Inc. (NYSE: PDE) Houston US$250 million Privately placed US$250 million of 30-year convertible bonds. Morgan Stanley was underwriter. TransMontaigne Inc. (Amex: TMG) Denver US$200 million Plans to privately place US$200 million of senior subordinated notes. Net proceeds will pay debt. Grey Wolf Inc. (Amex: GW) Houston US$150 million Privately placed US$150 million of convertible senior notes due 2023. Net proceeds and available cash will be used to redeem US$165 million of outstanding 8.75% senior notes due 2007. Key Energy Services (NYSE: KEG) Midland, Texas US$150 million Sold US$150 million of 10-year senior notes. Lehman Brothers Inc. and Bear Sterns & Co. were managers PrimeWest Energy Trust (Toronto: PWI) Calgary US$125 million Privately placed US$125 million of secured notes. Merrill Lynch & Co. was advisor. Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. (Toronto: PBG) Calgary C$76.4 million Plans to issue C$40 million of subordinated notes and approximately 1.4 million common share purchase warrants. Underwriters are led by Merrill Lynch Canada Inc., and include Jennings Capital Inc. and Tristone Capital Inc. Output Exploration LLC NA Stafford, Texas US$45 million Received a US$30 million revolving credit facility from Wells Fargo Bank Texas and a $15 million subordinated credit facility from Wells Fargo Energy Capital. The facilities have three-year terms. Tusk Energy Inc. (Toronto: TKE) Toronto C$22.9 million Plans to issue 7.5 million subscription receipts. Proceeds will fund acquisitions. Yorkton Securities Inc. is agent. TDC Energy LLC NA New Orleans NA Received a new credit facility from an affiliate of Macquarie Energy Capital.