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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." I9 @& t9 s) M; a$ Q1 B$ [3 ^$ K
6 O4 S& U3 d) K( J" c5 ]7 q. }No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said., L8 r _/ F, p5 ?( h
- Q- z9 r; l0 ^ N: V& zThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.
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+ G4 n; U# ^# d2 LSuncor 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.5 N7 [0 D( v! ]1 S) l5 ?- s
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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