A fire fueled by shifting winds that forced more than 80,000 people to flee their homes and disrupted oil-sands operations in Western Canada is poised to expand. The fire will probably grow to about 100 square kilometers (40 square miles), from around 80 now, Chad Morrison, a wildfire official, said Wednesday. Suncor Energy Inc., Cnooc Ltd.’s Nexen, Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Husky Energy Inc. are among companies reducing production and opening work camps to residents fleeing blazes in Alberta’s biggest-ever evacuation caused by a fire. Inter Pipeline Ltd. shut part of its system in the province. No deaths or injuries have been reported although 1,600 buildings have been damaged. Reduced output from the world’s fourth-biggest crude producer helped lift benchmark oil prices , with West Texas Intermediate gaining as much as 2.3 percent in New York and Brent advancing 1.9 percent in London on Thursday. Many residents of […]