 鲜花( 1)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
CALGARY - A fire has halted operations at one of Suncor Energy's two oilsands upgraders north of Fort McMurray, the company said Tuesday.
) X8 q7 M2 p0 i4 V! Y4 n- B" e- O
4 ?) {( E; Q7 d, i2 CNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.
7 ]/ Q7 J2 g/ @: {5 O# ]: u! i$ G4 j, e
The energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.5 G4 w4 L: F, P5 @9 x' f
2 X0 C* [9 |7 J
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 x$ r2 ~; |( _, A% C, ^' m L0 X" L0 k6 m' n- t8 t
According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
3 h3 O* W) c9 w+ A: f
5 T: `9 t% T: T; j, v0 \A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
|