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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.4 { l; k4 x; c8 ^6 p( i y
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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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" V8 ]0 _+ h, Q9 C! PThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage. `# H7 R* q1 F7 k ?
& `5 q* E3 I) Q7 {4 tSuncor 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.3 m) J* {; x- {
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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