Cenovus absorbs Husky

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CENOVUS ENERGY, $9.59, remains a buy for long-term gains. The company (Toronto symbol CVE; Shares outstanding: 2.0 billion; Market cap: $19.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 0.7%.; www.cenovus.com) completed its acquisition of rival oil producer Husky Energy in January 2021. The combined firm is now Canada’s third-largest producer of oil and natural gas, with output of about 750,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. It’s also the country’s second-largest refiner, with a total capacity of 660,000 barrels a day. Before the merger, Husky planned to sell its chain of roughly 500 retail gas stations. Cenovus now plans to hang onto those stations until the COVID-19 pandemic eases and it can get a higher price for those assets. However, the company will probably sell Husky’s offshore natural gas operations near China and Indonesia. Cenovus Energy is a buy. buy…