Cenovus adds a partner

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CENOVUS ENERGY, $21.78, is a buy for long-term gains. The company (Toronto symbol CVE; Shares o/s: 1.9 billion; Market cap: $41.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Yield: 2.6%; www.cenovus.com) has formed a new joint venture with Athabasca Oil (Toronto symbol ATH) to manage their properties in the Kaybob Duvernay region of northwest Alberta. Athabasca owns 70% of this new firm, called Duvernay Energy Corp., and contributed $22 million in seed capital. Cenovus holds the remaining 30%, and contributed $18 million. The joint venture structure should cut production costs as the partners aim to expand Duvernay’s output from its current level of 2,000 barrels a day to 25,000 barrels a day by 2030. Cenovus is a buy. buy…