Lindbergh’s reserves rise 43.0%

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PENGROWTH ENERGY CORP. $2.25 (Toronto symbol PGF; Aggressive Growth and Income Portfolios, Resources sector;Shares outstanding: 547.4 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion;Price-to-sales ratio: 2.2; Dividend suspended in January 2016; TSI Network Rating: Speculative; www.pengrowth.com) announced that its Lindbergh oil sands property in Alberta holds more oil than originally estimated. According to an independent consulting firm, the property had proven reserves of 147.9 million barrels as of September 30, 2016. That’s up 43.0% from the company’s previous estimate at the end of 2015. If you include probable reserves, Lindbergh holds 319.1 million barrels, for a 21.1% increase over the previous estimate. Lindbergh produced 15,502 barrels a day in the three months ended June 30, 2016. That’s equal to 27.3% of Pengrowth’s overall production of 56,735 barrels. The company eventually plans to expand Lindbergh’s production to 30,000 barrels a day. Pengrowth is a hold. hold…