Enbridge sees big potential in Bakken

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ENBRIDGE INC. $38 (Toronto symbol ENB; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 782.3 million; Market cap: $29.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5; Dividend yield: 3.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.enbridge.com) plans to build a new pipeline that would pump shale oil from the Bakken region of North Dakota to refineries in the U.S. and Canada. If it can sign up enough oil shippers, this new line would increase Enbridge’s capacity in the region by 67,000 barrels a day by the end of 2013. Right now, the company’s North Dakota pipelines can pump 210,000 barrels a day. The new line would cost $650 million, which is equal to 59% of the $1.1 billion, or $1.48 a share, that Enbridge earned in 2011. However, investments like this will help it take advantage of rising oil production in North Dakota, which has quadrupled since 2005. Enbridge is a buy. buy…