Canada's Suncor restarts Fort Hills oil sands mining operations (updated)
06/01/2021 20:21
(Adds details on Fort Hills operation)
By Nia Williams
CALGARY, Alberta, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Canada's Suncor Energy
Inc SU.TO has restarted operations at its Fort Hills oil sands
mine in northern Alberta, a company spokeswoman said on
Wednesday, after operations were halted last week following the
deaths of two workers in a vehicle collision.
"We have started a slow and safe restart at our Fort Hills
operation and are prioritizing the safety and wellbeing of our
people through this process," spokeswoman Lauren King said in an
email.
Suncor paused mining operations on Dec. 28 after a bulldozer
hit a light vehicle truck, resulting in the deaths of two
workers employed by ClearStream Energy Services Inc CSM.TO , a
company that provides mining services at Fort Hills.
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Calgary-based Suncor is Canada's second-largest oil producer
and its Fort Hills mine, 90 km (56 miles) north of Fort
McMurray, produced around 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the
fourth quarter of 2020.
The mine has capacity to produce 180,000 bpd but shut in
barrels last year as the COVID-19 pandemic crushed global oil
demand. Suncor restarted an idled production train at Fort Hills
in the third quarter of 2020 and is restoring that lost output.
(Reporting by Nia Williams; Editing by Chris Reese and Peter
Cooney)
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