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May 14, 2024 at 7:27 PM. By David Ljunggren and Nia Williams. (Reuters) -A large wildfire is slowly approaching the major Canadian oil sands city of Fort McMurray and around 6,000 people in four ...
May 14, 2024 at 7:27 PM. VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Hundreds of residents in four neighborhoods in the southern end of Canada’s oil sand hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, were ordered to ...
Fort McMurray (/ m ə k ˈ m ʌr i / mək-MURR-ee) is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] It is located in northeast Alberta , in the middle of the Athabasca oil sands , surrounded by boreal forest .
The wildfire burning near Fort McMurray on May 1, 2016. On May 1, 2016, a wildfire began southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. On May 3, it swept through the community, forcing the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history, with upwards of 88,000 people forced from their homes. [ 14 ][ 7 ] Firefighters were assisted by personnel ...
McMurray, Clearwater, Grand Rapids. The Athabasca oil sands, also known as the Athabasca tar sands, are large deposits of bitumen, a heavy and viscous form of petroleum, in northeastern Alberta, Canada. These reserves are one of the largest sources of unconventional oil in the world, making Canada a significant player in the global energy market.
Favorable winds are expected to push an “out of control” wildfire away from Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, officials said Wednesday, a day after thousands were evacuated.
ExxonMobil. Imperial Oil. The Kearl Oil Sands Project is an oil sands mine in the Athabasca Oil Sands region at the Kearl Lake area, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) north of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada that is operated by the 143-year old Calgary, Alberta-headquartered Imperial Oil Limited —one of the largest integrated oil companies in Canada.
Wildfires burning uncontrolled across the region include 433 in British Columbia and 176 in Alberta, more than a dozen of them in the area of Fort McMurray, an oil sands hub. The pipeline, which ...