Overview

• Wildfires spanning millions of acres are raging across Western Canada, prompting evacuations and threatening oil production.
• Smoke from the wildfires reduced air quality and visibility across southern Canada and parts of the US.
• The wildfires are impacting oil operations, with some companies halting production due to the fires.
• Climate change is making wildfires more frequent and intense in Western Canada, complicating response efforts.
• million barrels of daily oil production in Alberta are in areas of very high or extreme wildfire danger.