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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.3 }$ L* A! _$ F
$ A8 {/ |* `. `No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.9 E& H# ^3 N/ A4 o6 s' L+ w V3 v
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The 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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* y! j4 Y, d# ]. E3 ~0 g* W- R3 MSuncor 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./ K$ |7 Q$ g( w! t" l/ J! s
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.9 k6 n2 R) E: ]/ t4 p }$ |
) d- s+ e0 y h hA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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