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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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No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.
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+ {% A* \* r. [+ g; iThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage. p0 e* {/ P7 v9 D; Y
- q$ \0 N. Q1 h9 W# k7 b; l" 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.0 X/ p; j% n8 j
' ~1 \1 T, T% E& }( SAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.9 l/ t R6 `2 W
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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