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* First-qtr EPS C$0.54 vs C$$0.60 year earlier
* Adjusted EPS C$0.56
* Cash flow rises 9 percent
* Says first production on track for Sunrise project
May 7 (Reuters) - Husky Energy Inc, Canada's No.3integrated oil company, reported a 9 percent drop infirst-quarter profit due to lower crude prices.
The company, controlled by Hong Kong billionaire LiKa-shing, said its net income fell to C$535 million ($530million), or 54 Canadian cents per share, from C$591 million, or60 Canadian cents per share, a year earlier.
Adjusted profit fell 3 percent to C$547 million, or 56Canadian cents per share.
The company said average realized prices for crude oil,natural gas liquids and bitumen fell to $68.32 per barrel in thefirst quarter from $87.11 per barrel a year earlier.
Cash flow, a key measure of the company's ability to pay fornew projects and drilling, rose 9 percent to C$1.28 billion, orC$1.30 per share.
Production rose slightly to 321,000 barrels of oilequivalent per day (boe/d) from 320,000 boe/d a year earlier.
Husky, a heavy oil producer, owns refineries in Alberta,British Columbia and Ohio.
It is also building the C$2.7 billion Sunrise oil sandsproject in northern Alberta. The 60,000-barrel-per-day project,co-owned with BP Plc, is expected to begin operationsnext year.
The company said on Tuesday the first phase of the projectwas about two-thirds complete, with first production on trackfor 2014.
Shares of the company, which has a market value of aboutC$28.72 billion, closed at C$29.92 on the Toronto Stock Exchangeon Monday.
