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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.$ Q9 i+ A) `; g$ c! T: k1 L/ k
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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., k" K! g% d" i7 \
7 c m& w) Y9 c" t9 D/ hThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.0 b, O8 V/ ~, Y9 W( ^4 M$ e
/ F6 J/ v3 [. o$ O0 ISuncor 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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& Q6 U1 v) k, w: E3 X( e0 l" CAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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7 v/ U4 e; c, t* {A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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