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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, i# u. d% A% F/ A! K
T; b s4 s# ]: U% e; eNo 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.7 F3 p0 v! J- z- k
5 t! |! b1 D3 z7 L+ Q# xSuncor 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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- ] z7 N9 b9 [& ]* mAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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( R) O: u( n# f( N6 E& k/ HA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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