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Hi Pat: Can you please comment on Inter Pipeline? Thanks.

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A: Inter Pipeline Ltd., $27.30, symbol IPL on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 359.4 million; Market cap: $9.2 billion; www.interpipeline.com), transports, stores, markets and processes oil and natural gas. On September 1, 2013, Inter Pipeline changed from a limited partnership to a conventional corporation. It continues to have four main businesses: The oil sands operation (46% of its revenue) has three pipelines in Alberta that serve the Cold Lake and Athabasca oil sands projects. Conventional oil pipelines (19%) transport crude oil across Alberta and Saskatchewan. NGL Extraction (22%) converts Alberta natural gas to natural gas liquids (NGLs) such as ethane, propane and butane. The bulk liquid storage business (13%) operates terminals in the U.K., Germany, Ireland, Denmark and Sweden. Inter Pipeline’s revenue rose 45.6%, from $1.15 billion in 2011 to $1.7 billion in 2015. Overall cash flow jumped 96.3%, from $394.2 million to $774.0 million. Due to more shares outstanding, cash flow per share rose at the slower rate of 52.0%, from $1.52 to $2.31. These…