Alberta’s crude oil output in June 2025 rose a strong 0.46 MMb/d to 4.06 MMb/d (stacked columns inside dashed rectangle in chart below), 0.17 MMb/d above one year ago, and a record for June production according to data from the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER). The month-on-month gain is the second largest on record after a 0.54 MMb/d increase in July 2016 as oil sands output recovered from wildfire related shut-ins. In a similar vein, output growth in June was driven by some recovery from wildfire related production curtailments in late May as well as the restart of several production sites after seasonal turnarounds.
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Turn Around, Look at Me - Maintenance to Curb Alberta's Synthetic Crude Oil Production This Spring
Production of synthetic crude oil that is processed from Alberta’s oil sands reached record highs at the end of 2020 after touching on two year lows just four months earlier. However, these highs could be undermined and sink to four-year lows for a short period of time this spring with what appears to be a heavier than usual slate of maintenance work on three of Alberta’s four upgraders, the immense processing units that produce synthetic crude oil from bitumen. In today’s blog, we take a closer look at the upgraders, the timing of maintenance, and what this might mean for synthetic crude oil production and exports.
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