Today, we visit a momentum situation in the oil patch. Whitecap Resources Inc. WCP-T is up 27.3 per cent over the past three months as of Sept. 27. Meanwhile, from July 31 to Sept. 25, CEO Grant Fagerheim bought 25,900 shares at an average price of $10.83. On Aug. 2, a director also bought 10,000 shares at $10.55. In the second quarter, Whitecap produced 147,166 barrels of oil equivalent a day (66.7-per-cent liquids) and on Aug. 31, it announced a 26-per-cent increase to its monthly dividend to $0.73 (annualized) a share.
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