 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
楼主 |
发表于 2011-1-16 13:02
|
显示全部楼层
2# 爱城四少 3 P/ s. O* T' _- M' e. ?
( x1 W( N" l; M+ `1 p: lFour people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.
9 J/ i9 K' ?9 t, o! B
: w2 R/ r, E4 Z: E& V' }* q' Y0 gThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.: N: |0 K" Z7 L5 M; b) X# K/ o! F
8 V% n$ N6 ?8 F% g, ^6 sOne worker was being treated for second and third-degree burns, the most serious types. A second suffered first-degree burns, and a third person had a neck injury.
" m- N1 V1 Y! o2 T$ \/ Z3 W. j% D: b3 X3 @- E& _- F
The fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.2 k# F4 _8 t4 J7 K% c8 n2 X7 I2 A
5 L. D$ O( u+ h* K- E, R3 n6 ~
"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.& M# o1 n; k4 b
, Q4 w' f, C% Y! {$ fReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.
* P* \) k/ t& Q' d+ w. R; f% s
- R' M; P3 F, A( l! J: qA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."9 r) N- m# Z- G7 A
4 S3 {' }$ U) D8 ]: MAnd a man whose wife works at the plant was concerned for her safety. "It is a ball of fire," said the man, who would not be named.
4 d# Q' o5 i1 R0 |0 z7 T
# C' G0 n; D: v* jAlberta Environment was notified about the incident.& w% z& g8 y- o9 ~9 O4 d
' q* r2 b& y4 s. {: Z" ~
Chris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."/ y1 F9 o c: C6 ~3 S& @
" W1 ~: v9 t8 ~
The fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.
: C+ i A. s! B6 i4 w) b
" S+ s2 {( Y) W2 Z" p* HBy 7 p.m., the fuel source of the fire had been isolated and the fire was contained to the coker area.
' L. v3 D% t) \( B! Q0 X+ W* p# D( x6 S/ w1 A2 |' z
Air quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday./ T6 Y( p) x7 r9 [ X
0 T3 |6 o- U7 kThe Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.
/ Z7 m% |# A P- B3 F5 f
# ^5 Z7 Y; H* |5 ~% a# M) {"Canadian Natural's first priority is the well-being of our personnel and to safely control the situation," said CNRL in a statement.
! z7 G" B) T1 b: b5 ?9 k: V
6 C$ ~, Z9 ?( AThe upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.& M6 `' l8 _% p( O$ W
) h- x9 ?6 |, s( r' `5 KHorizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.7 H; g' b3 }) P5 }2 {# x
7 [+ ` E, m* j- C; wIt is impossible to gauge the impact on the company -- or how the incident might affect multibillion-dollar expansion plans for Horizon -- until the extent of the damage is known, said Michael Dunn, an analyst with FirstEnergy Capital Corp.5 E( n# T: v/ {/ P4 E
) x( m- ?/ L# U6 v) T) X
A spokeswoman for Alberta's Employment and Immigration department said its officers were on their way to the site to conduct investigation.) {& u: c0 l+ Q ^2 u
4 ~3 u" ^8 r- l4 L4 v8 W- B! hThe company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.& s, q2 y( t/ e8 B5 H
$ B3 h1 P' F* T% R, F
Canadian Natural, Canada's No. 1 independent oil producer, said earlier Thursday that Horizon's output averaged 83,700 barrels per day in December, down 22% from November, as it shut down the upgrader's coker unit for repairs. The company said it had restarted the unit.* |. d5 D2 Z$ K* F3 {
$ A5 t K8 ~4 J j1 SFires in the complex upgraders have been relatively frequent. Production at Suncor Energy Inc.'s oilsands project was hobbled when a fire broke out at one of its two upgraders in December 2009. A second unit was damaged in another blaze last February.
) p! _7 X2 d& \& W) c6 a- `3 i) Y7 e9 ^
Horizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
|
狗仔卡
发表于 2011-1-16 12:14
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡
发表于 2011-1-19 14:01
