Enbridge expands at key oil hub

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ENBRIDGE INC. $44 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol ENB; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 2.0 billion; Market cap: $88.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.2; Dividend yield: 7.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.enbridge.com) has agreed to buy 34 oil storage terminals and related pipelines at Cushing, Oklahoma, from Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. (Nasdaq symbol BKEP). The purchase will increase Enbridge’s storage capacity at this site by 34% to 26 million barrels. The company will pay $132 million U.S. for these assets when it completes the transaction in early 2021. To put that price in context, it earned $961 million (Canadian), or $0.48 a share, in the third quarter of 2020. The additional storage space will give Enbridge more flexibility over shipments of crude oil to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Enbridge is a buy. buy…