Trilogy cuts its dividend

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TRILOGY ENERGY CORP. $9.24 (Toronto symbol TET; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403-290-2900; www.trilogyenergy.com; Shares outstanding: 105.1 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; Dividend suspended) owns oil and gas properties in central Alberta’s Kaybob and Grande Prairie areas. About 61% of its production is natural gas. The remaining 39% is oil. Trilogy just announced that it is discontinuing its dividend after the next payment, scheduled for December 15, 2014. It’s making the move to conserve cash as oil prices fall. The company also plans to cut exploration and development spending by 41.9% in 2015, to $250 million from $430 million. This will keep next year’s production at roughly the same level as this year’s, or an average of 35,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day. Trilogy Energy is still a hold. hold. …