Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Friday it plans to cut jobs at its Canadian oil-sands operations, becoming the first major energy company to shed workers in Canada’s oil patch amid a recent swoon in global crude oil prices. Shell, which produces 250,000 barrels of oil a day from its oil-sands mines, will trim about 2% of its 3,000 workers, or about 60 positions, some of whom will be reassigned to other jobs, said company spokesman Cameron Yost. “We’re continuing to review our business to make sure that we remain competitive,” Mr. Yost said. “When prices are low the importance of that is underlined,” he said. The president of Shell Canada, Lorraine Mitchelmore, said in August that the company’s oil-sands business met internal yardsticks for profitability when Brent crude trades above $70 per barrel. Prices for Brent, the global oil benchmark, have spiraled lower in recent weeks, […]