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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.- b( \) ?2 a h6 F9 b
) ]$ ^' \' Z$ N7 Q0 lNo 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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3 u4 `6 x6 `9 W) Q; TSuncor 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.3 S4 E% {$ Z3 a! _$ p" A
( X& m( q. _! ~' LAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.4 L6 T# t$ q+ b7 d
6 ?$ o0 Y$ f) Z9 h6 p" t: ~' KA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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