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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.2 j( o9 y+ l$ T2 x, o
: v+ v8 l$ Q4 ]No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.1 O# z! J3 r; V3 R8 Q; X
9 Z+ s6 z# o" U' uThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.. c' s" D0 ^* R& u3 k/ I: @
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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.' \' q+ p! H% ], E1 r. [( I1 C C
6 b2 \9 T. ]0 f2 G4 kAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident., I% a& ?1 S/ L5 j
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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