Wildfires burning in Canada's oil-producing province of Alberta have affected more than 344,000 barrels per day of oil sands production, or about 7% of the country's overall crude oil output, according to Reuters calculations.

The massive wildfire that destroyed part of Fort McMurray in May, 2016, resulted in oil sands production losses as high as one million barrels a day at the height of the disaster. The production outage caused by the wildfire resulted in a 14-per-cent decline of crude oil exports loaded in Alberta.

By bne IntelliNews Wildfires in the Canadian province of Alberta have resulted in more than 344,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil sands production being disrupted. This is equivalent to around 7% of the country’s total crude output,