CBC.ca | Work goes on amid fire damage at Syncrude's Alberta oil sands plant The Globe and Mail The fire that continued in a controlled burn Wednesday afternoon likely caused Canadian prices for crude from the oil sands to jump. Syncrude's brand of light synthetic crude last sold for $1.50 (U.S.) a barrel over West Texas intermediate, up from 25 ... Uncertainty hangs over embattled Fort Mac as oil industry languishes One Injury in Oil Sands Fire Trump may prevent sands of time running out for Canadian oil |