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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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' N: }+ F$ s: f7 [( y5 @No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.; X8 A1 _) \4 {: |3 E& b+ T
$ y, T4 u8 C/ X6 u/ ]& rThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.$ }' m9 k( O, R- y7 B* w3 @( V& ?0 y
6 y0 V4 Z- y& lSuncor 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.0 ^; ]* p/ L4 C$ O
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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