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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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4 Q- y, d" _6 q' d% v- ~No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.$ r1 C- g4 S# M% n" a; I9 S5 J
# H, p; m3 J P- T4 iThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.; H% q$ q) j7 d: R7 l3 t: s
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Suncor 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.2 _9 Y, h9 D8 u3 q
* {5 {) D; @: t/ N! f- XAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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( B4 S9 T2 ?- H& y& RA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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