Wildfires in Alberta have pushed crude inventories in Edmonton to 18.1 million barrels as of May 13 from 19.7 million at the start of May.
Crude inventories in Edmonton, which is closer to the blazes than Alberta’s other major hub of Hardisty, stood at 18.1 million barrels as of May 13, according to geospatial industry data provider Ursa Space Systems. That’s down from 19.7 million at the start of May. Volumes at Hardisty are holding broadly steady.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
So far, the blazes have mostly struck the gas-producing region of western Alberta, although ConocoPhillips did report some brief evacuations at its Surmont oilsands site.
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