TRANSCANADA CORP. $49 - Toronto symbol TRP

TRANSCANADA CORP. $49 (Toronto symbol TRP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 707.0 million; Market cap: $34.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.2; Dividend yield: 3.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.transcanada.com) plans to build a new 200- kilometre crude oil pipeline that will connect Edmonton to the storage hub at Hardisty, Alberta. From there, TransCanada will pump the oil to refineries in the U.S. Midwest through its Keystone pipeline.

The project, which will cost $900 million, also includes a new oil-storage facility. The company already has long-term contracts from producers, which cuts the risk of this investment. The project should begin operating in the second half of 2015.

These investments will help TransCanada handle rising production from Alberta’s oil sands. The new system will also help support its proposed Keystone XL pipeline extension. This project, which requires U.S. government approval, would pump oil to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

TransCanada is a buy.

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