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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.% S, n( `) ~ ^; G/ a
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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.
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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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% M/ U# D& o0 j! nAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.& O) `- r' z+ {' \9 c" |
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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