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Alberta Wildfire Risk Drops as Less Production Threatened

ENERGY

Out-of-control wildfires larger than 10 hectares in size are within 10km of 376k b/d of oil production and 12.5 boe/d of gas output, Bloomberg said.

  • This is a reduction compared to the 389k b/d of oil production threatened last week.
  • There is a total of 125 wildfires burning, down from 170 last week. 26 are out of control, versus 50 last week.
  • “Since early July, production has been curtailed: Suncor’s Firebag, Altair’s Charlie, Canlin Energy’s gas well sites near Calgary and Greenfire’s Hangingstone, Bloomberg said.
  • Please see table below for the current sites at risk:

Source: Bloomberg

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