Wildfires raging in southwestern Alberta have prompted Shell to shut down 24 natural gas wells and pipelines around them, Canadian media reported, adding that other companies, including Questfire Energy and West Lake Energy, were also shutting in gas-producing facilities. Shell’s Waterton sour gas processing complex remains in operation for the time being, but the company has a contingency plan to shut it down if the fires approach it, a Shell spokesman told media. The company, however, has reduced staff numbers at the site, including in the field and the processing plant, and has prepared plans for their evacuation in case the flames come too close. The Waterton facility has a processing capacity of 179 million cu ft of sour gas daily, and produces methane, ethane, propane, butane, and condensate. The wildfire, according to the latest data from Alberta authorities, had grown by 33,000 hectares since Monday and was still […]