Wildfire-hit Canadian boomtown starts to resume oil production

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By Rod Nickel FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (Reuters) - Oil sands companies around wildfire-hit Fort McMurray hoped to resume production on Tuesday after an initial inspection found the Canadian boomtown was less severely damaged than first feared. Premier Rachel Notley was slated to meet with energy company executives a day after officials found about 90 percent of businesses and homes survived the blaze that began on May 1, forcing the evacuated of 88,000 people. Royal Dutch Shell Plc resumed production at its operation in the center of Canada's oil sands region, while Enbridge Inc began inspecting its facilities and prepared plans to restart operations shuttered during the blaze.

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