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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.% m$ H5 ?" F# P! H z8 s' q
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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.3 M$ R. Z" k' S/ V
; ~3 A0 j% p1 ?& F' FThe 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 Z4 ~1 t! w& U5 U4 l4 [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.1 c7 E( w) A: Z
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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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, V% j" e) R/ ?A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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