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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./ `& z( S. e9 W. m5 H. y
1 A" s+ X2 v% V8 v3 k! hNo 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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) R5 ~( p6 M' ~The energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.2 q& Y) z2 X. k* c: J
: M/ T+ ?7 M: N, U! F7 v5 dSuncor 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.9 M5 m% Z5 H' g8 Z+ ^
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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