IMO ups its spending

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IMPERIAL OIL LTD., $95.25, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol IMO; Shares outstanding: 523.4 million; Market cap: $49.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 2.5%; www.imperialoil.ca) gets over 90% of its production from oil sands operations in Alberta. Imperial also has conventional oil and natural gas operations in the West and holds stakes in offshore projects in Atlantic Canada. Its other operations include refineries and a petrochemical plant. Imperial now plans to spend between $1.9 billion and $2.1 billion on capital upgrades and exploration in 2025. That’s up from its likely 2024 spending of $1.8 billion to $1.9 billion. In addition to upgrading its Kearl and Cold Lake oil sands projects in Alberta, the company expects to open a “renewable” diesel fuel complex at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton. Imperial now expects its average daily production will rise to between 433,000 and 456,000 barrels a day in 2025, compared to its forecast production of 431,000 barrels a day in 2024. Imperial Oil is a buy. buy…