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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.
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+ ]: S, t3 S R7 EThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.- U$ S. N6 @- `7 c1 B- M
h1 W. Z9 P: h, b, ]" P1 f6 USuncor 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.7 ]. X) x" @0 |7 w, H% s1 @2 n' a
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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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2 ], p s+ ?8 D+ S R8 jA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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