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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.5 a8 W4 t( Y+ h1 x7 n8 {! ]# _- E9 W
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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.- ?3 J* h8 ?2 W2 o: x# S3 P
. I0 b! D+ {+ n4 Q8 BThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.+ r/ _( F. D0 F; q9 A
; ?7 I8 R. Q+ y0 |9 g5 xSuncor 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.6 z9 N% x" D f" T a5 N- C9 }
- W) w* c4 f* s2 Y! q* pA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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