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CALGARY - A fire has halted operations at one of Suncor Energy's two oilsands upgraders north of Fort McMurray, the company said Tuesday." ]0 m* }* M; m! L( |* H
( @, _2 X7 a1 S8 S2 R) XNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.
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The energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.
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9 }8 l1 p. o, HSuncor has been plagued by a series fires at its oilsands operations in the past five months, suffering three fires since October in the upgraders which convert bitumen into synthetic crude oil.5 @( [) q+ {# [2 b/ c4 [
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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. ?* L$ D) {5 a7 ~( @A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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