Suncor restarts Fort McMurray ops as Alberta wildfire grows to cover 579 946 ha
2016-05-30
Even as the Alberta wildfires continued to rage out of control, oil sands major Suncor Energy over the weekend announced that it has started the safe and staged restart of in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB), with initial production from its Firebag in situ facility early last week.
Start-up activities were also reported to be well underway at Base Plant and the MacKay River in situ facility and, subject to conditions in the region, Suncor expected initial production by the end of this week.