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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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The energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.$ \- n8 ~4 b' b0 O. t3 Y
* S# \2 @# t6 `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.) b4 x% x, V x+ Z6 A1 A
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.% }# U. B; R; o* |0 P- b
5 F( s2 E3 `4 T& V+ T$ N' o- RA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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