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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.$ J9 Q$ K4 h; F# p$ y
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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.- t# p, U( I8 b3 H6 F
3 \6 f2 q4 @$ k! H' S0 |( V3 p0 |The energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage., g! q/ G; U% C3 e6 I/ t
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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.
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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