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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.; a0 M+ ^' h0 p6 [9 }
4 Y8 `7 j! r. D o& eNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.. c; @2 m0 x) m7 }
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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.# c( d0 m0 E: O$ O& {
2 w) V- U5 H- _0 f& s) `According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.' m9 @! |4 d$ R& d2 H+ Q/ T) _/ K
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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