The company says its base dividend will increase to
Cenovus says it will also return cash to shareholders though share buybacks and or variable dividends depending on its excess free funds and the level of its debt.
The increased payments to shareholders came as the company said it earned
Total upstream production for the quarter was 798,600 barrels of oil equivalent per day, up from 769,300 a year earlier, while downstream throughput was 501,800 barrels per day, compared with 469,100 in the first quarter of 2021.
In its guidance, the company raised its expected capital spending for 2022 by
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