By CKOM News Staff

Gas shortage hits Petro-Canada stations in Saskatoon

Jun 3, 2016 | 12:30 PM

The Fort McMurray wildfires and an unplanned outage at an Edmonton refinery are leading to shortages at Suncor’s Petro-Canada stations across Western Canada.

Suncor spokeswoman Sneh Seetal says the cumulative effects of lower crude production because of the fires and the Edmonton outage mean the company has been producing less gasoline and diesel fuel for its retail operations.

The company is reporting temporary shortages at Petro-Canada stations in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as well as at sites in the British Columbia interior.

In Saskatoon, at least one Petro-Canada station is completely out of gas, while diesel is on limited supply.  

CKOM News was told the station at 8th St. and Cumberland Ave. ran out around 3 p.m. Monday.

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To help fill the gap, Suncor is bringing in more gasoline and diesel by truck and rail from its own network as well as from third parties.

Seetal added that Suncor is prioritizing supplies to go to what it deems are critical stations were there are few or no other refuelling options.

She said it was difficult to say when supplies would return to normal but that the company is working to restart its oilsands operations to provide more crude oil input to its refinery.

Thus far, North Battleford’s Petro-Canada Station is not reporting any shortages. 

— With files from CKOM News

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