A new wildfire has prompted Canadian oil producers Cenovus Energy Inc. and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. to shut production just as output was being restored in other parts of Alberta after last month’s fires that cut about 40 percent of the region’s production. Cenovus evacuated workers and shut its Pelican Lake operations, which produced less than 23,000 barrels of oil a day in the first quarter, and Canadian Natural brought down about 800 barrels a day of output from its nearby site, the companies said in e-mails Wednesday. This new fire erupted about 30 kilometers (19 miles) northeast of Wabasca and covers an area of less than a square kilometer, Travis Fairweather, an Alberta Forestry spokesman, said by phone. The blaze was about 1 kilometer from the Cenovus facility with winds blowing it to the northeast, away from the site. The production shutdowns near Pelican Lake are a reminder […]