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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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8 _# Y2 S. ]; GNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.- v) {9 N: ?0 f* L2 @" W- K# _
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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.
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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./ l# v+ G# _/ [: m4 I6 X
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.) O, Q, y" O$ d6 T- A% }3 u) S5 U
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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