Baytex restarts production following Alberta wildfires

May 30, 2023
Baytex Energy Corp., Calgary, has brought back onstream the full 24,000 boe/d of production that was shut-in as a result of the Alberta wildfires. There was no damage to the company’s assets or infrastructure, it said in an update May 29.

Baytex Energy Corp., Calgary, has brought back onstream the full 24,000 boe/d of production that was shut-in as a result of the Alberta wildfires. There was no damage to the company’s assets or infrastructure, the company said in an update May 29.

In mid-May, the company shut-in about 20,000 boe/d of production from operations in the Peace River and Peavine regions of northwest Alberta due to wildfires in the area. In west-central Alberta, an additional 4,000 boe/d was reported offline since early May due to shut-in of third-party infrastructure (OGJ Online, May 16, 2023).

Estimated production curtailment in May is about 12,500 boe/d, Baytex said.