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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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, g% d: P* W' t: }( J( u _/ oNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.5 I+ ?( n* p9 b. [9 a# r6 V
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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.) w, L) J7 V& F! T5 L. Q: u
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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.5 m8 n( i7 z# n9 }1 g
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.' p$ M6 l) P7 |! F1 o+ q
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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