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IMPERIAL OIL, $100.29, is a #1 Buy for 2024. The company (Toronto symbol IMO; Shares o/s: 523.4 million; Market cap: $53.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Yield: 2.4%; www.imperialoil.ca) gets about 99% of its production from oil sands operations in Alberta. Imperial also has conventional oil and natural gas operations in the West. Its other operations include three refineries (one in Alberta and two in Ontario) and a petrochemical plant in Sarnia, Ontario. In addition, it supplies gasoline to over 2,000 Esso and Mobil gas stations in Canada. ExxonMobil (New York symbol XOM) owns 69.3% of the company’s shares. Imperial also produces oil and gas near the town of Normal Wells in the Northwest Territories. Its current licence at the Norman Wells site expires at the end of 2024. Imperial has now applied for a 10-year extension. However, regulators have ordered an environmental assessment before approving the request. That’s because Imperial also wants to replace the pipelines between its wells and processing facility. Even if Imperial must…