CALGARY, Alberta, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc completed repairs to its fire-damaged Scotford oil sands upgrader and is now producing in excess of half its 155,000 barrel per day capacity of synthetic oil, with full output expected next month.

Shell spokesman Randy Provencal said on Monday that repairs were complete on both production trains at the complex, including the one damaged in a Nov. 19 fire at the site near Edmonton, Alberta.


One residue hydroconversion unit is already at full output. The second, which was damaged in the fire, is beginning to be restarted, a process that will be complete in January.

"Production has resumed at the upgrader," Provencal said.