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Wildfires Return to Canada’s Oil Heartland

omc_adminBy omc_adminMay 27, 2025No Comments2 Mins Read
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Alberta’s wildfire season is off to a fiery start, with a major blaze near the town of Swan Hills prompting evacuations and temporarily shuttering oil operations. The fire—burning out of control and spanning roughly 1,600 hectares—is just 7 km from Swan Hills, forcing the town’s 1,200 residents to flee Monday night.

Aspenleaf Energy, active in the area, has shut in about 4,000 boepd and evacuated field crews out of precaution. CEO Bryan Gould said the fire was around 10 km from their assets as of Monday evening. Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ.TO), the country’s largest oil producer, also operates nearby but hasn’t commented on the situation.

This isn’t Alberta’s first rodeo. Wildfires are a grim spring ritual in Canada’s oil heartland. Last year, Alberta wildfires triggered evacuations in oil-producing areas. In 2023, over 319,000 boepd were shut in across the province amid more than 100 active blazes. And back in 2016, a catastrophic fire in Fort McMurray forced the evacuation of 90,000 people and slashed production by 1 million bpd.

Swan Hills isn’t the only area under threat. Another fire, about 390 hectares in size, is burning out of control in Yellowhead County. With 47 fires currently active in Alberta—two of them uncontrolled—the province is again juggling public safety with energy security.

Alberta’s oil sands output has grown by 1.3 million bpd over the past decade, now hitting 3.3 million bpd and projected to rise to 3.8 million bpd by 2030. But with more infrastructure comes more risk.

This year’s first major flare-up is a reminder: as wildfires become more frequent and more intense, Canada’s oil patch remains deeply vulnerable—not just to market volatility, but to the whims of an increasingly combustible climate.

By Julianne Geiger for Oilprice.com

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