Archive for August, 2010

Spartan Exploration Ltd. Announces Increase to Bought Deal Financing

Spartan Exploration Ltd. (TSE:SPE) announced that due to excess demand it has increased its previously announced bought deal financing detailed in its press release issued earlier this morning with a syndicate of underwriters co-led by Clarus Securities Inc. and GMP Securities L.P., and including Mackie Research Capital Corporation and Stonecap Securities Inc. pursuant to which the underwriters will now purchase, on a “bought deal” basis, 5,263,000 common shares of Spartan at an issue price of $2.85 per Common Share for gross proceeds to Spartan of approximately $15.0 million.

Montana and North Dakota Oil Exploration and Production

In 1951 a significant oil discovery was made on the Bakken Formation, which is a very old geological deposit occupying about 520,000 square km of the subsurface of the Williston Basin, covering parts of Montana, North Dakota, and Saskatchewan. An April 2008 USGS report estimated the amount of technically recoverable oil within the Bakken Formation at 3.0 to 4.3 billion barrels.

Alberta Gas Fields on Sale

Suncor Energy Inc, Canada’s largest energy company, has just announced that it has agreed to a transaction with Direct Energy to sell natural gas assets for about $358.5 million. The deal comes as part of Suncor’s strategic business alignment and ongoing plans to divest of a number of non-core assets totaling $2.8 billion.