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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.
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2 @3 y' B9 \! aNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.2 G; S/ p3 S, Z2 B# e
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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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Suncor 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." M+ r# a6 ]$ J3 d6 m
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident." U0 F% I5 Q* k4 E6 j1 Y
7 F0 x0 t5 L, _( H: ~A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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