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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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) h7 o3 q) f) a$ f0 QNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.. n) m- a) t S# G" k4 Y3 \
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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.8 K M9 L. s$ R3 h0 L8 a
% P) W4 n0 ^3 ESuncor 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.+ w# t' w/ A2 z M2 L! N3 a
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.2 z( I7 R8 ]6 E% t
# W P o3 _1 l {5 f& Z; b; NA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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