CALGARY, Alberta, May 6 (Reuters) - The Syncrude oil sands
project has completely shut down extraction at its Aurora
bitumen mine and is operating other facilities at minimum
levels, the result of the Fort McMurray wildfire, Chief
Executive Mark Ward said on Friday.
Syncrude in northern Alberta, majority-owned by Suncor
Energy SU.TO , is a mining and upgrading project that produced
315,000 barrels per day in the first quarter. It was on
turnaround before the fire broke out, meaning production volumes
were already reduced.