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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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The energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.( m7 j9 y+ s# N
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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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+ X5 }3 Z- d5 A! U6 R: ]$ FAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.4 p- k( d0 T9 ~0 L0 A; V" r
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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