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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.5 B' K, A, [: T* s
, {8 a: O" m" G" Y. {! [No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.* a+ M8 g( O$ P1 u* w- T; S1 w
: `, A o p3 Z0 {; ]3 a' W( j& aThe 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.
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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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8 W4 e! e$ a* q, p$ EA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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