Pembina keeps expanding

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PEMBINA PIPELINE, $52.33, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol PPL; Shares outstanding: 580.5 million; Market cap: $30.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 5.3%; www.pembina.com) now owns 60% of Pembina Gas Infrastructure Inc. (PGI); private equity firm KKR & Co. Inc. (New York symbol KKR) owns the other 40%. PGI recently completed its purchase of a 50% stake in the Kaybob natural gas processing complex in Alberta from Whitecap Resources Inc. Pembina’s share was $252 million. PGI is also building new gathering lines and other infrastructure at Whitecap’s Lator facility in the Montney gas basin. Pembina’s share of those costs is $240 million. Long-term take-or-pay agreements cut the risk of these projects. As well, PGI has agreed to buy the Creek and Karr oil and gas processing systems of Veren Inc. (Toronto symbol VRN) for $400 million (Pembina’s share is $240 million). The company will also spend $120 million to expand and upgrade those facilities. Pembina Pipeline is a buy. buy…