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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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3 m% w- M/ [/ K1 L( b, e8 K8 h4 E3 qNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.8 N7 }% q! D, w* J
0 T E+ e- a+ Q4 i0 vThe 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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* z+ e5 a: Q1 ZSuncor 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.4 D/ o. B% V$ a7 ^. b/ z7 y
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.! \2 ~: P: V0 K; k# G5 |
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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