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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.1 |" c4 _# @4 S. [
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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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4 Y- f, |' E: y4 a1 T5 _/ [1 mThe 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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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.
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4 Z. i: }9 c7 r) k& VAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident. c, l, o9 L# |0 g
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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