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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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7 ]4 F2 k9 R' g1 S" U) kNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.* h+ z5 m- y# u& E1 ?
5 H, N: g) r) m- d7 p gThe 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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& N' j% e8 s. |& T/ \0 F$ }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.2 x9 W% [- s9 z* _8 W
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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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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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