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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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* Z M0 Q2 B. @* p5 nThe 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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' E7 \6 x% c. v" a- c% K5 wSuncor 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./ l2 Y9 q" j: m; N8 V3 s. H5 ^
" T+ J& J9 {; i0 ^( y2 n5 I9 XAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.8 i% A* {8 u& o5 \9 B
6 F/ X8 V3 K/ t4 z6 \$ g/ tA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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