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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.+ E* N T+ B) H) k
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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.
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9 m; b* e( `0 a& rThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.+ R D4 m6 d* n1 f( d1 I' L, ~
# L K7 k4 T5 [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.* N6 N0 S/ g" N; E) ]- H# [; q
, P- b# _6 u0 | n) h) KAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.- J, m+ i' W, a( o2 @% D
7 i" P) W; x" U7 p' DA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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