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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.! `- w& [# v+ G4 f0 a7 o* _
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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. n$ H O( ^: u I& p
$ B1 {5 I: i. W( f8 BThe 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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, E6 u+ d2 ]( D5 @+ F" [5 MSuncor 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./ a6 a- l4 m7 `
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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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$ D9 ?. q& E! t: v2 oA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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