Pengrowth ups its output

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PENGROWTH ENERGY $0.97 (Toronto symbol PGF; Shares outstanding: 547.4 million; Market cap: $530.2 million; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; No dividends paid; www. pengrowth.com) produces oil and natural gas in Western Canada and off the coast of Nova Scotia. For 2018, the company expects to spend $65 million on exploration and upgrades to its existing operations. For this year’s spending plan, Pengrowth has included $45 million for its Lindbergh oil sands project in Alberta. That should increase the project’s average output from 16,000 barrels a day in March to 18,000 by December 2018. In all, Pengrowth aims to produce 23,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day by the end of 2018. That’s up 15% from 20,000 barrels at the end of 2017. Pengrowth is a hold. hold…