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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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No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.- v: H( A" W! T; S# C" f
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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.2 J& T& O. N0 T! H& Y4 k
$ [8 O# H3 N% M* Q" h RSuncor 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.) K( u. O8 ~1 w7 w5 W: ?! \3 t4 c- [
4 u4 j# f! T: [According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.7 {6 d2 p6 h% g% J
' [% M# I/ o% X1 \4 GA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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