Equity Company Exchange / Symbol Headquarters Amount Comments Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) Charlotte, N.C. US$750 million Publicly offered equity units each consisting of a purchase contract for Duke Energy common stock and US$25 in principal amount of senior notes of Duke Energy's wholly owned subsidiary Duke Capital Corp. The proceeds will provide a portion of the cash for its acquisition of Westcoast Energy. Morgan Stanley was underwriter. Penn Virginia Resource Partners LP (NYSE: PVR) Radnor, Penn. US$136.5 million Sold 6.5 million common units at US$21 each in an initial equity offering. Underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up to 975,000 additional units. The offering is being managed by Lehman Brothers, UBS Warburg, Banc of America Securities LLC, RBC Dain Rauscher Inc. and Wachovia Securities. ARC Energy Trust (Toronto: ARX) Calgary C$88.55 million Issued 8,050,000 trust units at C$11 each. The offering was led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and included BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch Canada Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., TD Securities Inc., Raymond James Ltd., Canaccord Capital Corp. and Dundee Securities Corp. The proceeds will be used to pay debt and finance a portion of its capital expenditure program. In addition, it will strengthen ARC's balance sheet to facilitate acquisitions. PrimeWest Energy Trust (Toronto: PWI) Calgary C$70.3 million Issued 9.9 million trust units, at C$7.10 each. The underwriting syndicate was led by Scotia Capital Inc. and CIBC World Markets Inc. and included BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., Merrill Lynch Canada Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., TD Securities Inc., Canaccord Capital Corp., Dundee Securities Corp. and Yorkton Securities Inc. Proceeds will be used to pay debt and fund acquisition. Western Oil Sands Inc. (Toronto: WTO) Calgary C$45 million Issued 3,214,285 class A shares at $14 each. Griffiths McBurney & Partners, TD Securities Inc. and Raymond James Ltd. provided financial and advisory services. Shiningbank Energy Management Inc. (Toronto: SHN) Calgary C$40.2 million Issued 3 million trust units at C$13.40 each to acquire long-life gas reserves and exploit development opportunities. The underwriting syndicate was led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and included BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., Merrill Lynch Canada Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., TD Securities Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc. NAL Oil & Gas Trust (Canadian Venture: NAE) Calgary C$34.65 million Issued 3.85 million trust units to finance capital development and pay debt. Ivanhoe Energy (Nasdaq: IVAN) Vancouver US$18 million Closed a special-warrant financing to advance its deep-gas drilling program in California's San Joaquin Basin and for general corporate purposes. Canadian Superior Energy Inc. (Toronto: SNG) Calgary C$17.18 million Entered into a bought-deal financing for C$10 million with a dealer group co-led by Octagon Capital Corp. and Jennings Capital Inc., and including Maison Placements Canada Inc. and Brant Securities Ltd. The underwriting group has committed to purchase C$10 million of flow-through special warrants and common-share special warrants at C$1.70 and C$1.50 each. The underwriters will sell additional warrants with the same terms, for a maximum financing of C$17.18 million. Proceeds will fund the Marquis, Mariner and Mayflower projects offshore Nova Scotia and new exploration prospects in western Canada. Debt Burlington Resources Inc. (NYSE: BR) Houston US$1.5 billion Sold three-part debt in a 144a private placement. Merrill Lynch & Co. and Morgan Stanley were joint lead managers. PanCanadian Energy Corp. (Toronto: PCE; Calgary NYSE: PCX) C$850 million Sold two-part debt. Merrill Lynch & Co. and Salomon Smith Barney were joint lead managers. Weatherford International Inc. (NYSE: WFT) Houston US$350 million Privately placed senior notes to pay other debt. Westport Resources Corp. (NYSE: WRC) Denver US$275 million Privately placed 8.25% senior subordinated notes due 2011 callable after Nov. 1, 2006, when Westport has the right to redeem them for 104.125% of the par value. The proceeds will pay bank debt. Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) Oklahoma City US$250 million Sold seven-year senior notes. Bear Stearns & Co. and Credit Suisse First Boston were joint lead managers. Tesoro Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: TSO) San Antonio US$215 million Sold US$215 million of seven-year senior subordinated notes in a 144a private placement. Lehman Brothers Inc. was lead manager. Boundary Creek Resources Ltd. (Canadian Venture: BNR) Calgary C$1.01 million Will issue 1,010 units, each consisting of C$1,000 of 7.5% subordinated floating charge debentures due Dec. 1, 2004, and 500 Series B common share purchase warrants. Each warrant entitles the holder to acquire one share of the company for C$1.35 each before Dec. 1, 2002, for C$1.50 each before Dec. 1, 2003, or C$1.70 each before Dec. 1, 2004. The proceeds will be used to pay debt.