Another big project for VSN

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VERESEN $8.60 (Toronto symbol VSN; Shares outstanding: 295.8 million; Market cap: $2.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Div. yield: 11.6%; www.vereseninc.com) and KKR & Co. LP (symbol KKR on New York) formed a joint venture called Veresen Midstream in late 2014. The partners then bought natural gas gathering and compression assets in northeastern B.C. from Encana and Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp. for $1 billion. As well, Veresen Midstream agreed to undertake a $5-billion expansion for gas producers, including Encana. These developments would be backed by 30-year contracts. That will significantly cut Veresen Midstream’s risk. The partners recently reached a deal with Encana and Mitsubishi for a second project after last year’s $860-million Sunrise plant. This $715-million gas-processing facility, called Tower, will soon be under construction in northeastern B.C. Completion is scheduled for mid-2017. Veresen is still a buy. buy…