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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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, q4 \& Z+ x/ [( U+ u# KNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.: U; [' o. I! h5 H7 j( m$ V$ s+ N, U
5 H' F$ ?5 r; o8 h/ i& |+ L+ [The energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.% l# t8 S Y7 d" e
, }; z, f6 k9 E) y- q5 nSuncor 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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0 Z0 f! c, A+ ~( j& J3 K5 ~9 j! ]According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.7 J# }; x8 B! P W
+ ]* ]) d3 Z/ k! K! UA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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