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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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8 P& w# a7 \: U# `1 s5 j) zNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.3 R. w& I' E7 I- b' J+ b
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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.! U. A* a5 }" o K6 T% E4 W
( z; c2 N2 a1 H. _ k- u2 d% ZSuncor 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.6 ^' L& T3 x- }4 [/ d
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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