COVID-19 outbreaks that led to a state of emergency being declared last week for the Fort McMurray area of northern Alberta.CEO Mark Little says the delay of the maintenance “turnaround” for one of the coker units in the upgrader will allow the company to reduce the number of contractors in the region until after similar work now underway at the nearby Syncrude oilsands mine is completed, without affecting production guidance.
State of local emergency declared in Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo amid high COVID-19 cases Suncor produced 519,900 barrels per day of upgraded synthetic crude in the first quarter, up from 503,600 bpd in the first quarter of 2020, due in part to efficiencies from completion of a project to add pipeline.