Equity Company Exchange / Symbol Headquarters Amount Comments Calpine Corp. (NYSE: CPN) San Jose, Calif. US$759 million Will offer 66 million shares at US$11.50 each and an over-allotment of up to 9.9 million shares. Proceeds will pay debt and be used for general corporate purposes. Crescent Point Energy Ltd. (Toronto: CPG) Calgary C$353 million Plans to issue 11.5 million class A shares. Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (NYSE: PXD) Irving, Texas US$236 million Has sold 11.5 million shares at US$21.50 each. The proceeds will fund the acquisition of additional interests in the Falcon Field. The lead managers of the offering were Credit Suisse First Boston, Banc of America Securities LLC, JPMorgan and Lehman Brothers. Comanagers were Deutsche Bank Securities, Wachovia Securities, Friedman Billings Ramsey, Howard Weil, Johnson Rice & Co. LLC, Petrie Parkman & Co. and Raymond James. Cal Dive International Inc. (Nasdaq: CDIS) Houston US$91.56 million Plans to sell 4 million common shares. The proceeds will be used for debt repayment, capital spending and possible acquisitions. Morgan Stanley will lead underwriters Salomon Smith Barney, Raymond James and Simmons & Co. International. They will have the option to buy 600,000 more shares to cover over-allotment. Lone Star Technologies Inc. (NYSE: LSS) Dallas US$80 million Sold 3.25 million shares. The proceeds will fund acquisitions and other corporate purposes. Goldman, Sachs & Co. was agent. Maverick Tube Corp. (NYSE: MVK) Chesterfield, Mont. US$72.5 million Is offering 5 million shares at US$14.50 each. The underwriters are led by J.P. Morgan. Proceeds will fund the possible acquisition of the tubular division of North Star Steel Co. The Meridian Resource Corp. (NYSE: TMR) Houston US$67 million Privately placed US$67 million worth of series C redeemable convertible preferred stock. The underwriters are led by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP and include RBC Capital Markets and Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc. Bonavista Petroleum Ltd. (Toronto: BNP) Calgary C$80 million Privately placed 2.5 million shares at C$32 each. Peters & Co. Ltd., FirstEnergy Capital Corp., Yorkton Securities Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., TD Securities Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch Canada Inc. and Sprott Securities Ltd. were underwriters. Proceeds will fund Bonavista's 2002 capital program. Gastar Exploration Ltd. (Toronto: YGA) Mount Pleasant, Mich. US$40 million Plans to privately place US$40 million in warrants. The proceeds will fund the drilling of four Bossier wells. Horizon Offshore Inc. (Nasdaq: HOFF) Houston US$26.6 million Sold 3 million shares. The proceeds will pay debt and be used for general corporate purposes. Contango Oil & Gas Co. (Amex: MCF) Houston US$20 million Plans to offer US$20 million of series C convertible cumulative preferred stock. Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. is underwriter with a 15% over-allotment option. The proceeds will pay debt. Meteor Creek Resources Inc. (Canadian Toronto C$25 million Plans to privately place, with arm's-length investors, up to 1.25 mil-lion Venture: ONG) flow-through common shares at C$0.20 each. Proceeds will finance Canadian exploration and development expenditures on its Prince Edward Island, Souris Permit. Ketch Energy Ltd. (Toronto: KCH) Calgary C$20 million Issued 4.17 million common shares at C$4.80 each. Proceeds will expand Ketch's 2002 capital program, pay debt and provide Ketch with flexibility in acquisitions. The underwriters were led by Griffiths McBurney & Partners and included TD Securities Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., FirstEnergy Capital Corp., National Bank Financial Inc., Yorkton Securities Inc., Sprott Securities Inc. and Salman Partners Inc. The underwriters received an option to purchase 833,333 common shares. NCE Strategic Energy Fund (Toronto: SEF) Toronto C$20 million Issued 2 million units for gross proceeds of C$20 million. Newpark Resources Inc. (NYSE: NR) Metairie, La. C$16.4 million Is offering 2 million shares of common stock at C$8.50 each. Raymond James & Associates Inc. is underwriter. The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes. The Exploration Co. (Nasdaq: TXCO) San Antonio US$15 million Privately placed 2.5 million shares of restricted common stock at US$6 each to a group of institutional investors. Energy Capital Solutions LLC was agent. Major Drilling Group International Inc. (Toronto: MDI) Moncton, Up to C$16.25 million Will sell up to 5 million shares to a syndicate led by Griffiths McBur-ney & New Brunswick Partners and Dundee Securities Corp. KeyWest Energy Corp. (Toronto: KWE) Calgary C$12 million Privately placed 5.85 million common shares at C$2.05 each. The proceeds will pay debt and fund acquisitions. The underwriters were led by Griffiths McBurney & Partners and included BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., Yorkton Securities Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., Canaccord Capital Corp. and Research Capital Corp. The underwriters received the option to purchase an additional 975,610 shares. Devlan Exploration Inc. (Toronto: DXI) Calgary Up to C$6 million Plans to privately place up to 3 million shares at C$2 each. The proceeds will provide working capital. Dominick & Dominick Securities Inc. is lead agent. Toro Energy Inc. (Toronto: TOR) Calgary Up to C$4 million Plans to sell up to 10 million common shares at C$0.40 each. Jennings Capital Inc. is agent. Proceeds will fund exploration and development. Debt True Energy Inc. (Toronto: TUI) Calgary C$3.03 million Privately placed 4.1 million shares at C$0.74 each. FirstEnergy Capital Corp. and Peters & Co. Ltd. were agents. Proceeds will pay debt. Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd. (Canadian Calgary C$2.5 million Plans to privately place up to 2.5 million common shares on a flow-- Venture: CLL) through basis, and up to 4.3 million units. Proceeds will fund exploration and development. Western Resources (NYSE: WR) Topeka, Kan. US$765 million Issued US$365 million of first mortgage bonds, 7.875% series due 2007 and US$400 million of unsecured senior notes, 9.75% series due 2007. The proceeds will pay debt. Western Oil Sands Inc. (Toronto: WTO) Calgary US$450 million Issued US$450 million in 8.375% senior secured notes. Salomon Smith Barney Inc. and TD Securities (USA) Inc. are agents. The proceeds will pay debt. Murphy Oil Corp. (NYSE: MUR) El Dorado, Ark. US$350 million Sold US$350 million of 10-year notes. Banc of America Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan were underwriters. Vintage Petroleum Inc. (NYSE: VPI) Tulsa, Okla. US$350 million Privately placed US$350 million of 10-year senior notes. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. were lead managers. Trico Marine Services Inc. (Nasdaq: TMAR) Houma, La. US$250 million Plans to privately place US$250 million of senior notes due 2012. Lehman Brothers Inc. and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. are agents. Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) Rio de Janeiro US$200 million Issued US$200 million in nonconvertible five-year debentures. Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (NYSE: PXD) Irving, Texas US$150 million Will offer US$150 million of 10-year senior notes. The proceeds will pay debt. Credit Suisse First Boston and J.P. Morgan are joint lead managers. Range Resources Corp. (NYSE: RRC) Fort Worth US$135 million Increased its borrowing base to US$135 million from $120 million. Participants in the facility include Bank One Corp., JP Morgan Chase & Co., Credit Lyonnais SA, Fleet National Bank, Fortis Capital, Bank of Scotland, Compass Bank and Matexis Banques. Compton Petroleum Corp. (Toronto: CMT) Calgary C$165 million Privately placed C$165 million of seven-year senior notes. Lehman Brothers Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., Scotia Securities Inc. and TD Securities Inc. were lead managers. Osprey Energy Ltd. (Toronto: OEL) Bridgewater, Nova Scotia C$10 million Plans to secure up to C$10 million in financing with Mid-Atlantic Capital Associates.