Employees are on the ground in and around the Fort McMurray area of Alberta to start bringing oil sands operations online, companies said Monday. Canadian energy company Syncrude said its employees were on the ground surveying operations in advance of the return to normal operations. As of Sunday, the company said it had “several hundred” employees in Fort McMurray working on inspection and commissioning. “Syncrude continues to monitor the situation and is working with the rest of industry, our regional partners and government agencies to ensure we’re prepared in the event wildfire conditions change,” the company said in a statement. Sunday’s update from the provincial government […]