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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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% j. l+ R# _. G9 r# c' P8 f( yNo 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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# r; e6 P6 J1 [, LThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.0 [, {% [$ _! s5 F7 `7 D
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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." N1 T+ w5 Z4 I1 ]& W
6 V" k/ C+ w' ]$ KA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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