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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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* y6 z9 Y1 |) d! a% Z/ P( K3 Z0 }No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.# P. L! w2 l6 i+ K# ]5 v; K8 n
9 R/ [- }0 k2 X/ r- |7 CThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage. B2 D7 j# C$ z
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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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E/ J0 m$ K- p; M3 }8 H, [According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident. j# c7 V6 B: H
( K; Z* W9 ]+ k: W; @" VA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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