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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.5 W: Q5 y1 {3 i- `7 R! a" R
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No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.9 y5 r9 g3 |- [% |5 l1 h
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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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5 b9 Q* V; j% wSuncor 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.
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; d$ d C, }: e9 s3 [4 EAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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