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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.9 ^* U/ J& J7 H8 G0 M( P& b7 `, _
4 y% `6 V" J) f& C3 n4 vNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said., {) e9 r2 l( z' B/ [2 s% _* U& y
`3 M1 P1 \2 t/ o6 t7 _5 Z4 `7 }The energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.$ N1 d; l; N$ v$ K* S5 H: E w
2 G) o* e6 [8 S4 ?: p; O5 j; L1 NSuncor 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.* G) E# V5 t, d% P0 C
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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