Recent Experience
North West Redwater Partnership, in its $3.5 billion credit facility and $1.0 billion bond offering, the proceeds of which will contribute to the funding of the construction of North West's $8+ Billion bitumen refinery in the Alberta Heartland. The project is supported by 30-year tolling commitments of the Government of Alberta and Canadian Natural.
Husky Energy Inc., in $3.2 billion of credit facilities.
Lead counsel to Canadian Natural Resources Limited, in $4.5 billion syndicated credit facilities with Royal Bank of Canada and other Canadian and international banks.
Veresen Inc., in Cutbank midstream acquisition which included a C$500 million bridge financing, C$550 million credit agreement and C$500 million senior notes.
Cenovus Energy Inc., in a $5 billion term and bridge financing commitment from Royal Bank, the largest commitment in the history of the bank at the time, which was subsequently reduced to $2.5 billion as a result of a successful US$3.5 billion bond offering.
Encana Corporation, in a $4-billion credit agreement.
Precision Drilling Corporation, in a US$1 billion credit facility with a group of Canadian and US banks.
Precision Drilling Corporation, in a $650 million high yield note offering in the U.S. led by Credit Suisse.
Precision Drilling Corporation, in a $200 million high yield note offering in Canada led the Royal Bank of Canada.
Lead counsel to Flint Energy Services Ltd., in a $175 million syndicated credit facility led by Bank of Montreal.
Flint Energy Services Ltd., in a $175 million unsecured high yield note offering led by Credit Suisse.
Clowhom Power LP, a subsidiary of Veresen Inc. in a project financing for a BC hydro project.
Lead counsel to Royal Bank of Canada, in a $1 billion credit facility for ARC Resources Ltd.
Calfrac Well Services, in its $300 million credit facilities and high yield note offerings.
Public oil sands company, in a project financing led by Alberta Treasury Branches and Bank of China (Canada).
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, in a $180,000,000 bond offering for its pipeline project.
Riverstone Holdings LLC / Niska Gas Storage Canada ULC, in an offering of US$800 million of unsecured notes and a US$400 million secured operating facility.
Alberta Ethane Gathering System LP, in its $110 million issue of series A senior notes.
Deer Creek Pipelines Limited and Deer Creek Energy Limited (now Total EP Canada Limited), in the establishment and structuring of project financing for Joslyn Oil Sands Project.
Nexen Inc., and its U.S. and U.K. subsidiaries, in an aggregate of US$3 billion revolving term credit facilities.
Nexen Inc., in a US$500 million offering of 7.875 percent notes due on March 15, 2032.
ATCO Group, in the sale of its retail energy business to Direct Energy Marketing Limited.
Shell Canada, in Terasen Pipelines (Corridor) Inc.'s $525 million refinancing of the Corridor Pipeline System.
A Canadian company working in oil sands development, in seven credit agreements with Canadian and international banks totalling more than $2 billion.
BNP Paribas, in the completion of a cross-border US$180 million term loan B facility and a US$15 million working capital facility for Connacher Finance Corporation, the proceeds of which were used to finance the construction of Connacher's oil sands project in Northern Alberta and finance the operation of a refinery in Montana.
Northwest Capital Appreciation, Inc., in a $58 million leveraged buy-out of Northern Crane Services and with respect to the debt and equity financing for the acquisition.
Canadian Natural Resources Limited, in a $3.85 billion loan transaction for the purpose of assisting with the acquisition of Anadarko Canada Corporation.
Bennett Jones
