Alberta is temporarily suspending more than a dozen monitoring requirements for oilsands operators that asked it for COVID-19 relief.

An employee and a contractor who work at Syncrude's Mildred Lake site tested positive for COVID-19, but an outbreak has not been declared at the facility.

On Monday, Dr. Deena Hinshaw addressed concerns being brought up regarding employees being in close quarters at work camps and construction sites.

Occupational Health and Safety said there was a serious incident at approximately 9 p.m.

The fire was detected in one of the bitumen upgrader's hydroprocessing units and it was shut down, resulting in the fire going out by the time firefighters arrived.

An investigation is underway after a contract worker died in an incident at Syncrude's Aurora oilsands site in northern Alberta.

Suncor Energy Inc. is reporting lower third-quarter net income as higher upstream and refining production was offset by lower commodity prices and refinery profit margins.

Higher oil prices are expected to boost cash flow for the large Canadian crude producers but analysts say the extra money is unlikely to be added to growth budgets.

Suncor Energy Inc. is reporting first-quarter net income that beat analyst expectations thanks to higher oil prices, record downstream results, more oilsands production and a $264-million insurance gain on its assets in Libya.

Environment Canada scientists say four major oilsands mines are releasing an average of about one-third more carbon dioxide per barrel of oil than they report.