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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.. O8 B7 G, ^6 E7 E
s) g7 h3 ]3 x- r3 B5 XNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.0 ^8 p3 | ^9 L( |5 G; l
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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.8 Q7 q$ P2 @( s( r @
$ w! w3 |2 n9 Z" T& aSuncor 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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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.* P# w+ _( I6 o S
2 D: v0 t# j7 Y6 u4 v6 uA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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