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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. R+ b1 X* ?, e0 [3 S* E& e8 Q
; }: G/ z2 o: ]9 O S3 I. v9 ENo 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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6 y! i2 g! y+ Q3 KThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.. a0 n/ `5 w" v: ]
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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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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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p5 Y9 ?7 f, [% E. ]7 D! oA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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