Canada’s Oil Sands In Trouble As COVID Cases Soar

The northern parts of Canada’s province of Alberta have seen rising coronavirus cases in recent weeks with several oil sands sites becoming hot spots of outbreaks as workers are flying in and out for maintenance at the crude upgraders. The high active COVID cases have not impacted production in the Canadian oil patch, but some maintenance work has been stretched because of the outbreaks, industry officials told Bloomberg. According to data from Alberta Health at the start of this week, cited by CBC News, there were as many as 12 outbreaks…