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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./ w4 \* p' G/ a M3 i* W5 b
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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.# k, b* y, U. k u
2 y& l! m( d) K7 hThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage., K# P! f0 A1 ]1 v: Y6 |
6 A1 W, E$ G/ m) v% [$ u* \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.9 `- X }: g" }+ I) C
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.2 u% h) v: D8 N2 E% N" m
* D+ U; d3 \' t7 Z5 FA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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