Equity Company Exchange / Symbol Headquarters Amount Comments Southwestern Energy Co. NYSE: SWN Houston US$521.5 million Priced up to 8.5 million common shares at US$61.35 each to fund capex for its Fayetteville Shale play in Arkansas. RBC Capital Markets Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc., Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. Inc., Hibernia Southcoast Capital Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets, Simmons & Co. International and SunTrust Capital Markets Inc. are agents. Chesapeake Energy Corp. NYSE: CHK Oklahoma City US$300 million Sold 4.5% cumulative convertible preferred stock at a liquidation preference of US$100 per share to pay debt and for general corporate purposes. Lehman Brothers, Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse First Boston, Morgan Stanley and Wachovia Securities were agents. Chesapeake Energy Corp. NYSE: CHK Oklahoma City US$261.8 million Sold 8 million common shares at US$32.72 each to pay debt and for general corporate purposes. Lehman Brothers, Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Bank Securities and Raymond James are agents. Peyto Energy Trust Toronto: PEY.UN Calgary C$152.8 million Sold 5 million trust units at C$30.55 each to pay debt and fund capex. BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., FirstEnergy Capital Corp., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., Haywood Securities Inc., Raymond James Ltd. and Peters & Co. Ltd. were agents. Bronco Drilling Co. Inc. Nasdaq: BRNC Oklahoma City US$99.7 million Closed its initial public offering of 5.9 million common shares at US$17 each. Johnson Rice & Co. LLC and Jefferies & Co. Inc. were joint book-running managers, while Calyon Securities (USA) Inc. and Friedman Billings Ramsey were co-managers. Valkyries Petroleum Corp. Toronto Venture: VPC Calgary C$66 million Privately placed 11 million common shares at C$6 each to pay its US$50-million bridge loan and for general corporate purposes. Synenco Energy Inc. NA Calgary C$60 million Privately placed 4.3 million common shares at C$14 each to finance the Northern Lights oil-sands project development. TD Securities Inc. and CIBC World Markets Inc. were agents. Ember Resources Inc. Toronto: EBR Calgary C$50.1 million Privately placed 7 million common shares at C$7.15 each. FirstEnergy Capital Corp., GMP Securities Ltd., TD Securities Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., Canaccord Capital Corp. and Raymond James Ltd. were agents. Big Sky Energy Corp. OTCBB: BSKO Calgary US$42 million Privately placed 30.9 million units at US$1 each to international and U.S. investors and 11 million special warrants to Canadian investors for US$1 each to fund ongoing development and exploration drilling in Kazakhstan and elsewhere in the Caspian region, and for general corporate purposes. Prairie Schooner Petroleum Ltd. Toronto: PSL Calgary C$41.3 million Sold 2.7 million subscription receipts at C$15.30 each to fund an acquisition. GMP Securities Ltd., Peters & Co. Ltd., Tristone Capital Inc. and FirstEnergy Capital Corp. were agents. Eurogas Corp. Toronto Venture: EUG Calgary C$32.1 million Plans to privately place 24.3 million common shares at C$1.32 each to fund exploration, development and working capital. Pan-Ocean Energy Corp. Ltd. Toronto: POC St. Helier, Jersey, U.K. C$32 million Plans to offer 1 million class B shares at C$32 each to fund exploration and development and for general corporate purposes. GMP Securities Ltd., Haywood Securities Inc., Research Capital Corp. and Jennings Capital Inc. are agents. GeoGlobal Resources Inc. Amex: GGR Calgary US$27.6 million Sold 4.3 million units at US$6.50 each to fund exploration in India and for general corporate purposes. Jones Gable & Co. Ltd. was agent. Toreador Resources Corp. Nasdaq: TRGL Dallas US$23.8 million Privately placed 806,450 common shares for 2005 general corporate purposes, including some exploration and development. Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. was agent. Leader Energy Services Ltd. Toronto Venture: LEE Calgary C$25 million Sold 8.2 million shares to fund expansion of its range of services to include cementing. Westwind Partners Inc., Research Capital Corp., J. F. Mackie & Co. Ltd. and Orion Securities Inc. are agents. Flotek Industries Inc. Amex: FTK Houston US$20 million Privately placed 1.3 million common shares at US$16.30 each to fund general corporate purposes and strategic acquisitions. Energy Capital Solutions LP and Pritchard Capital Partners LLC were agents. DEBT Eveready Income Fund Toronto: EIS.UN Edmonton, Alberta C$60 million Established a revolving extendible senior secured credit facility to refinance existing term and subordinated debt and operating leases, and to fund capex and acquisitions. Omni Energy Services Corp. Nasdaq: OMNI Carencro, La. US$25 million Completed a new junior credit facility with Orix USA's corporate finance group to pay debt and provide working and acquisition capital. Infinity Inc. Nasdaq: IFNY Denver US$9.5 million Issued additional senior secured notes due March 2009 to fund exploration and development in Texas and the Rockies. C.K. Cooper & Co. was agent. Gastar Exploration Ltd. Toronto: YGA Houston C$10 million Placed senior secured notes.