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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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) x9 W1 F; o0 k2 J8 G* ?: dThe 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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* p$ T; h1 c6 Q+ T: 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.
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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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0 C) q0 }9 L5 K3 r9 E# l+ d2 yA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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