BAY STREET-Takeovers, uncertainty overshadow Canada oil patch earnings
October 21, 2012 at 10:29 AM EDT
* Oil price near year-before level, natural gas much weaker * Exxon Mobil, CNOOC buyers of Canadian assets * TSX energy group up 14 pct since June, still off year high * Encana kicks off reporting season on Wednesday * Refiners seen reporting strongest results By Jeffrey Jones CALGARY, Alberta, Oct 21 (Reuters) - For Canada's energy companies, the quarterly reporting period that starts this week would probably be rather ho-hum if it were not for all the fuss surrounding