Equity Company Exchange / Symbol Headquarters Amount Comments XTO Energy NYSE: XTO Fort Worth, Texas US$523 million Plans to sell 20.75 million shares of common stock at US$25.23 each. W&T Offshore NYSE: WTI Houston US$201 million Plans an initial public offering. Joint book-running managers are Lehman Brothers, Jefferies & Co., JPMorgan, Raymond James & Associates and RBC Capital Markets. Bill Barrett Corp. NYSE: BBG Denver US$172.5 million Plans to make an initial public offering of an undetermined number of shares and an undisclosed cost. Underwriters are Goldman, Sachs & Co., JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, Credit Suisse First Boston, Morgan Stanley, Petrie Parkman & Co., First Albany Capital and Howard Weil Inc. Atlas America Inc. Nasdaq: ATLS Moon Township, US$35.6 million Made an initial public offering of 2.3 million common shares at Penn. US$15.50 each. Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. Inc. and KeyBanc Capital Markets were the underwriters. Clayton Williams Energy Inc. Nasdaq: CWEI Midland, Texas US$32 million Plans to privately place 1.4 million shares at US$23 each. Proceeds will be used to pay debt for its purchase of Southwest Royalties Inc. JPMorgan was the sole placement agent. Endless Energy Corp. Toronto Venture: EEC Calgary C$30 million Plans to privately place 8 million flow-through and 4 million common units at C$2.50 each. Dundee Securities Corp. and Loewen & Partners Corporate Services Inc. are underwriters. Lightning Energy Ltd. NA Calgary C$26.5 million Privately placed 3.75 million special warrants at C$5.30 each and 1 million flow-through common units at C$6.60 each. Underwriters were led by Tristone Capital Inc. and included FirstEnergy Capital Corp., GMP Securities Ltd., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., and TD Securities Inc. Proceeds will be used to fund the company's ongoing exploration program. Debt Devon Energy Corp. Amex: DVN Oklahoma City US$1.5 billion Entered into new revolving credit facility, maturing in April 2009. Williams Cos. Inc. NYSE: WMB Tulsa, Okla. US$1.1 billion Plans to purchase series of notes maturing in 2006-2009 and 6.625% notes due Nov. 15, 2004. EnCana Holdings Finance Corp. Toronto: ECA Calgary US$1 billion Privately placed 10-year senior unsecured notes. Book-running managers were Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley. Williams NYSE: WMB Oklahoma City US$1 billion Obtained a new three-year, US$1-billion revolving credit facility, replacing a US$800-million cash-collateralized credit line that Williams entered into last summer. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC were the joint lead arrangers and co-book runners on the revolver. Stone Energy Corp. NYSE: SGY Lafayette, La. US$500 million Entered a four-year US$500-million senior unsecured credit agreement with a syndicated bank group with an initial borrowing base of US$425 million, replacing a previous US$350-million agreement. Chesapeake Energy Corp. NYSE: CHK Oklahoma City US$300 million Privately placed senior notes due 2014 to fund its pending acquisition of Greystone Petroleum. Bear Stearns & Co., Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers Inc. were the joint lead managers for the sale. Magnum Hunter Resources Inc. NYSE: MHR Irving, Texas US$275 million Increased its senior bank credit facility borrowing base from US$250 million to US$275 million. The lending group included 18 financial institutions. The banks have lowered the interest rate 25 basis points. FMC Technologies Inc. NYSE: FTI Houston US$250 million Obtained a committed US$250-million, five-year revolving credit facility. Cooper Cameron Corp. NYSE: CAM Houston US$230 million Priced a private placement of 1.50% senior debt due 2024 convertible into common stock at 14.4857 shares per US$1,000 principal amount of notes-or approximately US$69.03 per share. Net proceeds will be used to redeem outstanding 1.75% convertible senior debt. Callon Petroleum Co. NYSE: CPE Natchez, Miss. US$175 million Received from Union Bank of California a three-year US$175-million credit facility, including an initial borrowing base of US$60 million. Nuevo Energy Co. NYSE: PXP Houston US$150 million Has commenced a cash tender offer for its outstanding 9.375% senior subordinated notes due 2010. Whiting Petroleum Corp. NYSE: WLL Denver US$150 million Closed its private offering of senior subordinated notes due 2012 at 99.26% of par with a coupon of 7.25%. Whiting used the proceeds to pay the US$145-million balance on its revolving credit facility. Mission Resources Corp. Nasdaq: MSSN Houston US$130 million Privately placed 9.875% senior notes due 2011. Proceeds will be used to fully redeem Mission's outstanding 10.875% senior subordinated notes due 2007 and to pay debt under its current credit facilities. ARC Energy Trust Toronto: ARX Calgary US$125 million Privately placed senior notes. Lehman Brothers Inc. was exclusive placement agent Flint Energy Services Ltd. Toronto: FES Calgary C$128 million Increased available operating credit to C$128 million from C$100 million. Gastar Exploration Ltd. Toronto: YGA Mount Pleasant, Mich. Up to US$10 million Plans to issue unsecured notes.