SEC Comment Letter for ENCANA CORP (CIK 0001157806) — Sep 15, 2005
ENCANA CORP (CIK 0001157806)
Date: Sept. 15, 2005 · CIK: 0001157806 · Accession: 0000000000-05-047811
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September 15, 2005
Mr. John D. Watson
Chief Financial Officer
EnCana Corporation
1800-855 2nd Street, S.W.
P.O. Box 2850
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 2S5
Re: EnCana Corporation
Form 40-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Filed February 28, 2005
File No. 1-15226
Dear Mr. Watson:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following
comments.
We have limited our review of your filing to those issues we have
addressed in our comments. Please provide a written response to
our
comments. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation.
In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with
information so we may better understand your disclosure. After
reviewing this information, we may raise additional comments.
Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing.
We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or any other aspect
of
our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed
at
the end of this letter.
Form 40-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows Relating
to
Proved Oil and Gas Reserves, page 24
1. Please revise your disclosure of the standardized measure to
remove the subtotal Undiscounted pre-tax cash flows, as this
subtotal
is not contemplated by SFAS 69.
Financial Statements
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, page 5
2. We note in your reconciliation of net earnings to net cash
provided by operating activities that you present the subtotal
Cash
flow from continuing operations above total net cash provided by
operating activities. We note the Illustrative example in CICA
1540,
and that the subtotal presented does not include net income;
rather
the presentation only includes "items not affecting cash."
Support
your disclosure of these subtotals under Canadian GAAP as there
does
not appear to be a provision within CICA 1540 for this
presentation.
Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, page 6
A) Principles of Consolidation, page 6
3. Expand your accounting policy with respect to the use of
proportionate consolidation, to identify the legal form of each
entity and the nature of the activities in which the entity being
proportionately consolidated is engaged. Refer to EITF 00-1 for
US
GAAP. Also address the conditions required to avail yourselves of
the accommodations provided in Item 17(c)(2)(vii) of Form 20-F, if
applicable.
Closing Comments
Please respond to these comments within 10 business days or
tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please furnish
a
letter that keys your responses to our comments and provides any
requested information. Detailed letters greatly facilitate our
review. Please understand that we may have additional comments
after
reviewing your responses to our comments.
We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the
filing includes all information required under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and that they have provided all information
investors require for an informed investment decision. Since the
company and its management are in possession of all facts relating
to
a company`s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosures they have made.
In connection with responding to our comments, please
provide,
in writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that:
* the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filing;
* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with
respect to the filing; and
* the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any
proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.
In addition, please be advised that the Division of
Enforcement
has access to all information you provide to the staff of the
Division of Corporation Finance in our review of your filing or in
response to our comments on your filing.
You may contact Regina Balderas, Staff Accountant, at (202)
551-3722 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial
statements and related matters. Please contact me at (202) 551-
3683
with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Jill S. Davis
Branch Chief
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Mr. John D. Watson
EnCana Corporation
September 15, 2005
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-7010
DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE
MAIL STOP 7010
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