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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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5 v8 s Z& @2 K+ C( @8 ^, cNo 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.; B+ S9 m9 i- S# q1 ~
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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.4 [- a( o* w8 l
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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 V. [; M& o WA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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