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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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6 D: c$ D8 u* vNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.3 F6 e: Q+ p2 \, m% v0 x
$ h% L8 D) o: C" R8 h/ ]" ZThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.2 K! U# i2 z2 I: G t3 j8 F4 H# P: Y
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Suncor 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 z9 D! c) d# j
5 r' B3 h1 C, T' y5 w" U$ OAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.( Y/ A5 e) T: V5 @0 A
6 U& I3 j6 n5 Z9 ]' z0 pA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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