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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.0 p, y# \5 p3 B [" S
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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.$ C+ k- |* S+ O& k
^2 S2 J2 [' P9 ~$ lSuncor 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." a8 @) B# T! O2 H' `( ~
* ^ l& U1 g; t6 R$ ZAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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! V2 ^' C$ s$ x* C9 p2 vA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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