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Suncor Resumes Oil-Sands Operations After Wildfire Shutdown
2016-05-29 19:51:16.8 GMT
By Ryan Sachetta
(Bloomberg) -- Suncor Energy Inc. restarted oil-sands
operations in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, an area
in Canada that includes wildfire-ravaged Fort McMurray. It's a
move that enables thousands to return to work.
Suncor and other oil-sands operators took offline this
month more than 1 million barrels a day of output, as wildfires
spread in the region and forced evacuations and the shutdown of
pipelines and power supplies. "Cooler weather and several days
of precipitation" have improved conditions, Canada's largest
energy company said in a statement on Sunday.
Alberta lifted mandatory evacuation orders for the last of
the accommodation and production sites on Monday, which started
the process of inspections by forestry and health officials to
make sure they're safe. Officials say industry facilities are no
longer at immediate risk as firefighters take advantage of
better weather to keep the flames at bay.
Suncor said 4,000 employees and contractors are back in the
region, including Fort Hills workers, with an additional 3,500
people likely to return in the coming week.
The company also reported operations are under way at the
base plant mine and MacKay River, with initial production
expected by the end of this week, according to the statement. No
timeline was given for the joint venture with Syncrude Canada
Ltd.
Suncor Resumes Oil-Sands Operations After Wildfire Shutdown
2016-05-29 19:51:16.8 GMT
By Ryan Sachetta
(Bloomberg) -- Suncor Energy Inc. restarted oil-sands
operations in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, an area
in Canada that includes wildfire-ravaged Fort McMurray. It's a
move that enables thousands to return to work.
Suncor and other oil-sands operators took offline this
month more than 1 million barrels a day of output, as wildfires
spread in the region and forced evacuations and the shutdown of
pipelines and power supplies. "Cooler weather and several days
of precipitation" have improved conditions, Canada's largest
energy company said in a statement on Sunday.
Alberta lifted mandatory evacuation orders for the last of
the accommodation and production sites on Monday, which started
the process of inspections by forestry and health officials to
make sure they're safe. Officials say industry facilities are no
longer at immediate risk as firefighters take advantage of
better weather to keep the flames at bay.
Suncor said 4,000 employees and contractors are back in the
region, including Fort Hills workers, with an additional 3,500
people likely to return in the coming week.
The company also reported operations are under way at the
base plant mine and MacKay River, with initial production
expected by the end of this week, according to the statement. No
timeline was given for the joint venture with Syncrude Canada
Ltd.
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