oil and gas

ENBRIDGE INC. $57 (Toronto symbol ENB; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 1.6 billion; Market cap: $91.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.7; Dividend yield: 4.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.enbridge.com) operates pipelines that pump oil and natural gas from Western Canada to eastern Canada and the U.S....
PRECISION DRILLING CORP. $5.23 (Toronto symbol PD; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resource sector; Shares outstanding: 293.2 million; Market cap: $1.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5; Dividend suspended in March 2016; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.precisiondrilling....
PENGROWTH ENERGY CORP. $1.18 (Toronto symbol PGF; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 547.7 million; Market cap: $646.3 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend suspended in January 2016; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www....
ENCANA CORP. $14.89 (Toronto symbol ECA; Shares outstanding: 973.1 million; Market cap: $14.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 0.6%; www. encana.com) focuses its oil and natural gas production on four key projects: Montney (B.C.), Duvernay (Alberta), and Eagle Ford and Permian (both in Texas)....
FINNING INTERNATIONAL INC. $26 (Toronto symbol FTT; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares o/s: 168.2 million; Market cap: $4.4 billion; Dividend yield: 2.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.finning.com) sells and services Caterpillar-brand heavy equipment....
A: Carbon scrubbing, also called clean-coal technology, aims to reduce the amount of harmful emissions and particulates, such as sulfur dioxide and mercury, emitted from coal-fired power plants. The process for doing this involves treating low-quality coal before burning it, and installing special equipment to capture emissions before they enter the atmosphere.


However, carbon scrubbing does not remove carbon dioxide (CO2)....
CHEMTRADE LOGISTICS INCOME FUND $18.94 (Toronto symbol CHE.UN; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (416-496-5856; www.chemtradelogistics.com; Units outstanding: 69.1 million; Market cap: $1.3 billion; Dividend yield: 6.3%) is one of the largest removal-service providers for resource firms that create acids and sulphur as byproducts....
PASON SYSTEMS $19.58 (Toronto symbol PSI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403-301-3400; www.pason. com; Shares outstanding: 84.7 million; Market cap: $1.7 billion; Dividend yield: 3.5%) serves the drilling contractors for oil and gas firms in Canada, the U.S., Mexico and Argentina....
DEVON ENERGY CORP. $39.25 (New York symbol DVN; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (405-235-3611; www.dvn.com; Shares outstanding: 524.6 million; Market cap: $21.3 billion; Dividend yield: 0.6%) is one of the largest explorers and producers of oil and natural gas in the U.S....






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BLACKBERRY LTD., $11.52, Toronto symbol BB, provides wireless communication services, mainly to businesses and government agencies.


The stock jumped 12% this week after an arbitrator awarded the company $814.9 million U.S....