Canada wildfire threatening oil sands

The massive wildfire that threatens Alberta’s oils sands continues to grow. The fire is currently burning an area of nearly 425,000 hectares and has cut production by more than 1 million barrels per day

Alaska

GREENLAND

Alberta

CANADA

Ottawa

UNITED STATES

ALBERTA

British Columbia

Edmonton

Calgary

DETAIL

Saskat-chewan

OIL SANDS

Oil production 2015 (bpd = barrels per day)

Extent of wildfire

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd – Horizon (2015: 45.8m barrels) Production cut

Imperial Oil – Kearl (61.2m barrels) Shut: 12,000 bpd lost

Husky Energy – Sunrise (no 2015 data) Shut: 30,000 bpd lost

Athabasca Oil – Hangingstone (0.72m barrels) Shut: 12,000 bpd lost

Nexen – Long Lake (11.1m barrels) Shut: 50,000 bpd lost

ConocoPhillips – Surmount (10.2m barrels) Shut: 30,000 bpd lost

Connacher Oil – Great Divide (15.3m barrels) Production cut

Statoil – Leismer (6.4m barrels) Shut: 20,000 bpd lost

ALBERTA

ATHABASCA Oil sands

Athabasca River

Fort MacKay

May 17: Evacuation of 8,000 oil workers

Fort McMurray May 3: Start of evacuation of all 80,000 residents

SASKATCHEWAN

50 km 32 miles

Highway 63

Highway 881

Source: Alberta Government Oil Sands Information Portal, Reuters