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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.; R: x0 W& [, @% ]$ p
. D+ ?" i: Y$ ?' V c% BNo 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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The energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.% [$ g) i+ ?+ {( Z0 E. W, C Q
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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.
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident." P) `1 j$ x( q" m* r, H
0 ~$ ^% V- N0 ^4 h* `A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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