February 28, 2025 17:36 GMT
AMERICAS OIL: Alberta Wildfire Season Starts March 1 with 10 Active Fires
AMERICAS OIL
The number of fires is down from 60 at the same time last year, Todd Loewen, Alberta minister of forestry and parks, says in news release, cited by Bloomberg
- Fireguard projects are underway in the Bow Valley near Canmore, Cypress Hills Provincial Park, Hinton, Whitecourt and Slave Lake.
- Alberta wildfires can disrupt oil and gas production, with blazes in 2016 cutting 1m b/d of oil sands output and burning down parts of Fort McMurray, the oil sands production hub.
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