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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.: J% D' y: b4 E/ B: _$ X) _1 @
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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./ j- L/ x9 c) k' K6 [
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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.6 k) J, k/ T/ {6 ?! m
5 m7 Q. q' D& bSuncor 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.6 k5 K, F: C! O* H
# f: u) X: H3 yAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.) f! E# G$ \% i; l7 Z
4 s) `, G0 Q, T7 MA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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