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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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0 t3 w" N: X1 V$ S! m7 {9 jThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.
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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.) m% {; [: p# {3 B$ Q- @7 h. R/ g1 ~
2 ]5 j$ x1 Q8 u+ j8 D m) A( KA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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