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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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No 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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% i7 c, J4 w7 ^/ J3 USuncor 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.. r/ U1 E3 a2 v+ S% V
$ F! X9 M& M+ @7 @6 B- H9 LAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident., H8 z6 Q1 F2 \& S8 N M
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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