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Canadian Natural resumes Pelican Lake operations after fire threat

Published 2016-06-09, 01:03 p/m
Canadian Natural resumes Pelican Lake operations after fire threat
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CALGARY, Alberta, June 9 (Reuters) - Canadian Natural
Resources Ltd CNQ.TO said on Thursday it returned to normal
operations at its Pelican Lake facility in northern Alberta
after a wildfire threat, including the restart of 800 barrels
per day of shut-in production.
Canadian Natural and Cenovus Energy CVE.TO shut projects
and evacuated workers as a blaze that has swelled to 75 hectares
(185 acres) encroached on facilities over the last two days,
marking the second time in five weeks that wildfires have cut
western Canadian oil output.
Cenovus said on Wednesday that it was moving 44 essential
staff back to the 23,000-barrel-per-day Pelican Lake project
after it evacuated all 118 workers and shut down production the
day before.
The company said it planned to restart the facility if
conditions remain safe, though it did not provide an update to
operations on Thursday.
Canadian Natural continues to monitor the wildfires around
the community of Wabasca, but the flames remain a safe distance
from its facilities, company spokeswoman Julie Woo said. The
facilities produce an average of 47,600 barrels per day, Woo
said, citing first-quarter filings.
The Pelican Lake fire was about 160 km (100 miles) southwest
of a massive wildfire that was still burning east of the city of
Fort McMurray, Alberta. That blaze forced some 90,000 residents
to flee the city and shut down more than 1 million barrels per
day of oil sands output.
The Pelican Lake blaze was being held some 30 km (19 miles)
from Wabasca, fire official Travis Fairweather said.
"The fire won't grow any more given the current weather
conditions and resources devoted to it," Fairweather said.

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