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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.: {+ b. k t8 \+ a- a% |! Y
+ D" l$ i: a/ I0 o0 @" XNo 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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The energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.3 [& P. O- R) Y+ ]
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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.
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' R' ?3 S8 ^- z+ [2 k+ O( j, rAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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/ r* g' h/ ^# ~' sA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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