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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.
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% g3 _' t1 Z# E2 R6 } ~2 tThe 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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( f" i/ D, l. M L: PAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.8 @; E( N1 Z( i5 \& X
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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