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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.
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9 Y! _5 B2 C* [8 ]. IThe 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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7 ]) J3 ?) }9 G) c5 F |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.! q) i7 u0 H8 K9 ~* `' f i* J
+ Z3 C. R% O: i* _' _According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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