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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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* P1 [2 W1 C2 Q4 p6 k* ZNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.5 j% |6 ^ w1 c+ f
3 u* J/ n7 o# [2 c9 [( l0 {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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( }6 J9 @+ Z9 h5 j$ e2 ]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.
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( H1 n. q- D) A+ QAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.6 a8 q3 T$ Q3 E6 n L2 K: f
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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