Factbox: Wildfire in Alberta traps at least 145,000 boepd of Canadian production

May 8 (Reuters) – Canada’s main oil-producing province Alberta on Saturday declared a provincial emergency over wildfires and locked in at least 145,000 oil equivalents per day (boepd).

Tens of thousands of Albertans have been forced to evacuate their homes as unprecedented wildfires rage across Alberta.

Below are the energy companies whose operations have been impacted by wildfires.

Paramount Resources Ltd (POU.TO)

Paramount said its operations in the Grande Prairie and Kaybob regions were affected by the wildfires in those areas.

It added that around 50,000 boepd of production has been temporarily curtailed since the evening of May 5.

Crescent Point Energy Corp (CPG.TO)

About 45,000 boepd were produced in the Kaybob Duvernay area, according to Crescent Point temporarily locked up with a plan to resume production as soon as it is safe and permissible to do so.

The company added that no damage to its assets was reported.

Vermilion Energy Inc (VET.TO)

Vermilion Energy said that is the case in the interim discontinued about 30,000 boepd of production and assessed the risk to its operations.

“Our assessment to date indicates minimal damage to our key infrastructure,” Vermilion said.

Pipestone Energy Corp (PIPE.TO)

Pipestone said its operations in the Grande Prairie region have been impacted by the ongoing wildfires and have reached about 20,000 boepd production temporarily restricted since the evening of May 5th.

The company is not aware of any significant damage or losses to its own or third-party infrastructure.

Kiwetinohk Energy Corp (KEC.TO)

Kiwetinohk said it has safely suspended the majority of its placid operations in response to downstream disruptions by third parties located near the Alberta wildfires.

Tourmaline Oil Corp (TOU.TO)

The company said it evacuated and closed nine gas processing plants in the South and West Deep Basin. Tourmaline said there is no known damage to these facilities so far and access to the sites is currently prohibited.

Cenovus Energy Inc (CVE.TO)

Cenovus said it has halted production and shut down facilities in some areas of its conventional business.

Reporting by Arunima Kumar in Bengaluru; Edited by Anil D’Silva

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