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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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No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.) y1 V! Q( i: H- t& _% N! i( Q5 a2 M( x
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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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, @9 s4 n+ Z4 P" [+ E$ \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.8 \: E% V6 x8 q! y2 ^" Y
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.( C. I, M. \9 p! Q) g+ }/ k
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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