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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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5 A: a# \8 T7 |7 i8 }1 X- nNo 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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( f+ B3 U; L% V8 D9 R k% rThe 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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7 a. ^# G M. @/ ?; L; q" D' ISuncor 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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* p- p* V# D1 p9 G: hAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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5 C! C1 N4 |7 N1 j, \: PA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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