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Wildfire Threat on Alberta’s Oil Sands Continuing to Fall

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Out-of-control wildfires larger than 10 hectares in size are within 10km of 129k b/d of oil production and 9k boe/d of gas output, Bloomberg said.

  • This compares to of 363k b/d of oil production and 10k boe/d of gas output that was at risk yesterday.
  • A wildfire that caused Suncor to cut output at its Firebag oil-sands site and prompted Cenovus and Imperial Oil to evacuate workers is being held and no longer out of control.
  • Firebag has not been immediately returned, while Cenovus are returning workers to Sunrise oil sands.
  • Firebag produced 230k b/d in June, according to the Alberta Energy Regulator. The sunrise site produced around 48.9k b/d in 2023.
  • Please see table for the current sites at risk.

Source: Bloomberg

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