Alberta Wildfires Shut About 7% of Canada’s Oil Production June 3, 2025 By Robert Tuttle Wildfires in Canada’s energy heartland of Alberta have shut down almost 350,000 barrels of daily heavy crude production — about...
Wildfires in Alberta Pose Growing Threat to Canada’s Oil May 30, 2025 By Robert Tuttle and Brian K. Sullivan Wildfires are threatening about 5% of Canada’s crude output as a blaze in Alberta’s oil sands region spreads and approaches...
Wildfires Erupt Near Alberta Oil Well Sites Amid Hot Weather May 27, 2025 By Robert Tuttle Hot weather sparked a string of wildfires around Alberta over the weekend, including some near oil and gas wells operated...
Keystone Oil Pipeline Is Shut After a Spill in North Dakota April 9, 2025 By Robert Tuttle and Lucia Kassai South Bow Corp.’s Keystone oil pipeline has been shut after a spill in southeast North Dakota, curtailing a conduit that...
Canadian Wildfires Threaten Oil Output, Prompt Evacuations July 24, 2024 By Robert Tuttle Wildfires in Canada’s energy-producing Alberta province are threatening almost 10% of the region’s oil production and forcing the evacuation of...
Wildfires Encircle Canada’s Oil-Sands City Amid Hot Weather July 12, 2024 By Robert Tuttle A ring of wildfires has erupted around Canada’s unofficial oil-sands capital of Fort McMurray, adding new threats to crude production...
Deadly US Oil Blast Exposes Risks of Pushing Profits Over Safety May 17, 2024 By Chunzi Xu and Robert Tuttle The explosion that rocked Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s Galveston Bay oil refinery one year ago trapped Rigoberto Guillen 75 feet in...
Firefighters Gain Control of One Blaze Threatening Oil Sands in Alberta May 17, 2024 By Robert Tuttle Firefighters gained control of one wildfire near the main oil-sands region of Alberta on Wednesday, but continued to battle a...
Oil-Sands Capital of Canada Now Grappling With Second Wildfire May 16, 2024 By Robert Tuttle and Brian K. Sullivan The unofficial capital of Canada’s oil-sands industry is now facing a second wildfire that’s north of the city and closer...
Update: Wildfire Threat to Oil-Sands Capital Expected to Ease as Winds Shift May 15, 2024 By Robert Tuttle and Brian K. Sullivan The threat of a wildfire bearing down on the unofficial capital of Canada’s oil-sands industry is expected to lessen as...