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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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. m: u5 X9 [9 Z% E, ZNo 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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7 w) y% E* q& G/ u! rThe 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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% p) Z# r" |# a8 j8 g* X' ~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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/ Y% v8 \6 ~! G* j; [According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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8 j7 y' ?" w( M* H& \ j0 ?A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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