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TRILOGY ENERGY CORP. $22.12 (Toronto symbol TET; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403-290-2900; www.trilogy.com; Shares outstanding: 84.4 million; Market cap: $1.9 billion; Dividend yield: 1.9%) owns oil and gas properties in the Kaybob and Grande Prairie areas of central Alberta. About 78% of Trilogy’s production is natural gas. The remaining 22% is oil. In the three months ended December 31, 2010, Trilogy produced 21,544 barrels of oil equivalent per day (including natural gas). That was down 4.1% from 22,462 barrels a year earlier. Because of the lower production, cash flow per share rose just 3.6%, to $0.29 from $0.28 a year earlier. However, Trilogy continues to bring new wells into production. That should push up its average daily production to over 26,500 barrels a day in 2011. The company’s total debt is now $279.6 million. That’s a low 15% of its market cap. Trilogy pays a monthly dividend of $0.035, which gives the shares a 1.9% yield. Trilogy is forecast to report cash flow of $1.80 a..