Suncor Energy Inc.’s production rose to a record last quarter after the oil-sands giant took control of the Syncrude processing unit and put it at full throttle. Canada’s biggest energy company produced 738,500 barrels of oil equivalent a day in the period, up from 582,900 in the previous quarter, according to an earnings report Wednesday. The jump was largely due to its increased stake in the Syncrude upgrader, which processes bitumen mined in northern Alberta into light crude, and to boosting the utilization of the unit to 102 percent of nominal capacity, from 73 percent a year earlier. Suncor has slashed costs to weather the industry downturn and is now benefiting from a 76 percent rebound in oil prices over the past year as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other major exporters curtail production. The company’s output has risen after it completed the acquisition of Canadian Oil […]