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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., ?$ @: j; O" j) r" g% ^6 t
8 E1 y5 e+ c2 y+ o6 D, \# N% L/ UNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.9 v* m Y) i- c
" g: J7 _9 {+ ?+ L w/ V- gThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.* w* D1 d4 J+ N/ {9 P. J. J 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.
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.% s1 R0 o5 v! A. Z: L' N
; R' ~7 o0 [6 `A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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