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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.$ _) A+ G9 P$ F5 @8 h) v7 D! }+ J
m: o% d) k7 n" I) _" k- VNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.; P0 ]9 P- J3 A5 Y5 ^5 f# \
; a/ ?, X7 n2 O0 sThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.) @- k% Z; n' l8 @
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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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% o: `& [ P7 ]4 @0 O/ yAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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