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170 Alberta wildfires threaten 10% of Canadian oil and gas production, prompts evacuations

July 24, 2024

World Oil (Bloomberg) – Wildfires in Canada’s energy-producing Alberta province are threatening almost 10% of the region’s oil production and forcing the evacuation of one of the country’s largest national parks during the peak summer tourist season. Hot weather has contributed to a wildfire outbreak in Western Canada, with 170 burning in Alberta alone — 53 of them out of

Hurricane Delta steams across Gulf of Mexico, halting 80% of oil output

October 8, 2020

Reuters HOUSTON – Hurricane Delta raked across the prime U.S. offshore oil producing areas in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday as energy companies pulled workers from offshore platforms and began securing coastal processing plants. The storm was about 400 miles (645 km) south of Cameron, Louisiana, and grinding toward the Louisiana coast at 14 miles per hour (22 kmh).

Hurricane Laura poses biggest storm threat to U.S. oil output in 15 years

August 26, 2020

Reuters HOUSTON – The U.S. energy industry on Tuesday was preparing for a major hurricane strike, cutting crude production at a rate approaching the level of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina and halting oil refining at plants along the Texas-Louisiana coast. Officials in the two states ordered hundreds of thousands of coastal residents to flee inland as Hurricane Laura strengthened and forecasters

170 Alberta wildfires threaten 10% of Canadian oil and gas production, prompts evacuations

Hurricane Delta steams across Gulf of Mexico, halting 80% of oil output

Hurricane Laura poses biggest storm threat to U.S. oil output in 15 years

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