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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." r( e% W- R9 n
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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.5 c) q/ G. j* k i
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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.
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6 k( W X0 f1 _( _ _' [# @/ @According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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- v7 a; y& L6 i. BA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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