Equity Company Exchange / Symbol Headquarters Amount Comments GlobalSantaFe Corp. NYSE: GSF Houston US$809 million Priced an offering of 23.5 million shares at US$34.45 each to purchase an equivalent number of the GlobalSantaFe shares currently held by Kuwait Petroleum Corp. Goldman, Sachs & Co., JPMorgan, Citigroup and Credit Suisse First Boston are agents. The shares held by Kuwait Petroleum will be retired, resulting in no change in the GSF outstanding. Chesapeake Energy Corp. NYSE: CHK Oklahoma City US$400 million Priced a private offering of 5% cumulative convertible preferred at $100 per share to partially fund recent acquisitions. Chamaelo Energy Inc. Toronto: CLO Calgary C$330 million Underwriters will exercise their option to sell an additional C$25 million in CLO shares to finance an acquisition in west-central Alberta and northeastern British Columbia. The underwriters include Orion Securities Inc., GMP Securities Ltd., CIBC World Markets Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., Sprott Securities Inc., TD Securities Inc., Trilon Securities Corp. and Tristone Capital Inc. Brompton Advantaged Equal Weight Oil & Gas Income Fund Toronto: AOG.un Toronto C$218 million Completed an initial public offering. Agents were RBC Capital Markets, CIBC World Markets Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., TD Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc., Canaccord Capital Corp., Desjardins Securities Inc., First Associates Investments Inc., Raymond James Ltd., Dundee Securities Corp., IPC Securities Corp., Wellington West Capital Inc., Acadian Securities Inc., Newport Securities Inc. and Research Capital Corp. Comstock Resources Inc. NYSE: CRK Frisco, Texas US$125 million Priced a public offering of 4.5 million common shares at US$27.50 each to reduce bank credit-facility debt. Raymond James, Harris Nesbitt and Johnson Rice & Co. were agents. Blackrock Ventures Inc. Toronto: BVI Calgary C$124 million Privately placed 11 million common shares at C$11.25 each to fund exploration and development and general corporate purposes. GMP Securities Ltd., FirstEnergy Capital Corp., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and Sprott Securities Inc. were agents. Pioneer Drilling Co. Amex: PDC San Antonio US$81.4 million Sold 14.5 million common shares to fund construction of two rigs, pay debt and for general corporate purposes. Jefferies & Co. Inc. was book-running manager. Mariner Energy Inc. NA Houston US$45 million Privately placed 3.5 million common shares to pay debt. Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. Inc. was agent. Bountiful Resources Inc. NA Calgary C$30 million Privately placed shares with ARC Energy Venture Fund 4 as the lead investor to fund exploration, development and acquisition in central and northwestern Alberta. Resource Capital Partners Inc. was advisor. Calvalley Petroleum Inc. Toronto Venture: CVI Calgary C$28.5 million Completed a bought-deal financing of 8.1 million class A common shares at C$3.50 each to fund 2005 exploration and development on Block 9 in Yemen. Canaccord Capital Corp., Desjardins Securities Inc., Jennings Capital Inc. and Octagon Capital Corp. were agents. EMPS Corp. OTCBB: EPSC Salt Lake City US$21.8 million Privately placed common shares. Aton Securities Inc. was agent. Marauder Resources East Coast Inc. Toronto Venture: MES Calgary C$26 million Privately placed 13.3 million flow-through common shares at C$1.50 each to fund exploration drilling offshore Nova Scotia. Chesapeake Energy Corp. NYSE: CHK Oklahoma City US$600 million Priced a private offering of senior notes due Jan. 15, 2016, to partially fund approximately $686 million of acquisitions. XTO Energy Inc. NYSE: XTO Fort Worth, Texas US$400 million Priced a public offering of senior notes due June 30, 2015, to pay bank debt incurred to finance acquisitions. Lehman Brothers, Banc of America Securities LLC, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, JPMorgan, UBS Investment Bank, Calyon Securities (USA), Harris Nesbitt, Jefferies & Co. Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and Wachovia Securities were involved in the offering. Cal Dive International Inc. Nasdaq: CDIS Houston US$300 million Sold convertible senior notes due 2025 to fund general corporate purposes including a contribution to a 50-50 joint venture Deepwater Gateway LLC, early retirement of debt, capex and potential acquisitions. Pogo Producing Co. NYSE: PPP Houston US$300 million Priced a private offering of senior subordinated notes due 2015 to reduce outstanding senior debt under its revolving credit facility. Foster Wheeler Ltd. OTCBB: FWHLF Hamilton, Bermuda US$250 million Closed a five-year senior credit agreement. Rothschild Inc. was advisor. Whiting Petroleum Corp. NYSE: WLL Denver US$220 million Priced a public offering of senior subordinated notes due 2013 to pay down almost all of its US$215 million of debt currently outstanding under the credit agreement of its wholly owned subsidiary, Whiting Oil and Gas Corp. Merrill Lynch & Co., Lehman Brothers Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Wachovia Securities, A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets, Petrie Parkman & Co. and Raymond James & Associates Inc. were agents. KCS Energy Inc. NYSE: KCS Houston US$100 million Closed the private placement of 7.13% senior notes due 2012 to fund the pending acquisition of properties and related assets in its North Louisiana and East Texas core operating areas from Devon Energy Corp.