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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.
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) [; t/ m$ F$ ]. s2 eNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.5 C, k' H0 ]0 i5 [3 f
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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.
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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.7 r: A$ O* u" D+ A
4 K0 l4 E* j: e7 l5 q- d/ M8 [According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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4 d+ |& I4 b ] e2 R" d0 i: UA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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