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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.& ^5 `9 I* R5 ]6 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.: W* S7 N% _3 U6 O( z6 q, C4 a4 h
& H! V3 I8 r+ g7 X: P7 c8 i. LThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage." B# p) {; \' e- z; t) B, _& a
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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.6 }2 z; W5 N4 p
! v- R' K3 p7 B3 wAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.0 U N& k3 V; R# K" [( b2 r- ^$ y1 R
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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