'Canada' Is Becoming a Dirty Word in the Oil Patch.

(Bloomberg) -- Canada's beleaguered energy sector suffered another morale blow as Encana Corp. -- one of its marquee companies that was born out of the 19th-century railway boom -- announced plans to move its headquarters to the U.S. and drop the link to Canada from its name. In March of last year, Suttles moved to Denver and said in November that he envisioned Encana as a "headquarterless" company. Last quarter, he lamented on the company's earnings conference call that Encana shares hadn't yet achieved the valuation worthy of a "premium" exploration and development company. [Extracted from the article]