Cenovus expansion approved

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CENOVUS ENERGY $29.60 (Toronto symbol CVE; Shares outstanding: 751.7 million; Market cap: $22.3 billion; SI Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 2.7%) has received regulatory approval to expand its 50%-owned Foster Creek oil-sands project in northern Alberta. The company will expand Foster Creek in three phases over the next seven years. When the expansion is finished, Foster Creek’s average daily production will rise to 210,000 barrels (Cenovus’ share will be 110,000 barrels) from the current 120,000 barrels. To put these figures in context, Cenovus’ average daily production, including natural gas, was 253,733 barrels in its latest quarter. Cenovus is still a hold. hold…