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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.0 U( B3 {: G, _( e1 e1 b, t
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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.
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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.; ~1 ]$ y$ M) e8 t$ w, W4 h
, H/ E* N, H4 g) p' Q( B. }6 f1 vAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.1 @- b$ I5 q6 \# O
6 p! X; Z" j/ j# HA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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