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Pat: Can I please have your recommendation on Athabasca Oil Corp.? Thanks.

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Athabasca Oil Corp., $2.05, symbol ATH on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 402.9 million; Market cap: $862.3 million; www.atha.com), aims to develop oil sands and conventional oil and gas resources in northeastern Alberta’s Athabasca region. Its average daily production is 49% gas and 51% oil. Athabasca first sold shares to the public at $18 and began trading on Toronto in April 2010. The company’s major projects are still in the early stages of development, but it does have some production. In the three months ended March 31, 2015, its output fell 6.7%, to 5,877 barrels of oil equivalent a day from 6,299 a year earlier. Cash flow slipped to $0.01 a share from $0.02 on the lower production and a decline in oil and gas prices. Last year, Athabasca completed the sale of its Dover oil sands project to PetroChina. As a result, PetroChina paid Athabasca $600 million in August 2014 and will pay a further $584 million in instalments over 2015 and 2016. The…