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Canadian Wildfires Cause Sunrise Oil Personnel Demobilization

OIL

Canada’s Cenovus Energy said on Monday it was demobilizing further staff at its Sunrise oil sands project in northern Alberta as a precaution due to an evolving wildfire situation.

  • The Sunrise site lies about 60 kilometres northeast of the oil sands hub of Fort McMurray and produces ~50kbd.
  • Cenovus said its operations remain unaffected at present.
  • Last week, Suncor Energy shut down its 215,000 bpd Firebag oil sands site in northern Alberta and curtailed some production due to the wildfires.

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