Wildfires have erupted in Canada’s oil sands-producing region of Alberta with large blazes within 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) of about half a million barrels a day of crude production.
Wildfires have erupted in Canada’s oil sands-producing region of Alberta with large blazes within 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) of about half a million barrels a day of crude production.
Pipes carrying steam, emulsion, casing gas and oil stand at Christina Lake, a situ oil production facility half owned by Cenovus Energy Inc. and ConocoPhillips, in Conklin, Alberta, Canada, on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. Cenovus Energy Inc. is Canada's fourth-largest oil producer.