Firefighters have made “significant progress” in tackling wildfires in Alberta thanks to rain and cooler temperatures, provincial government officials said on…
Many oil and gas companies that shut in production as a precaution have restarted operations or are preparing to do so. At their height the fires shuttered at least 319,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, or 3.7% of national production, and forced around 30,000 Albertans to evacuate their homes.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
Canada’s main oil- and gas-producing province is experiencing what officials called an “unprecedented” start to wildfire season, which runs until October. So far this year there have been 521 wildfires and more than 1 million hectares burned, roughly five times the average burned in a typical season.
“It’s not yet back to normal, but now people are getting ready because the fires are under control,” Goodman said.
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