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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.4 G9 A3 z% L& L: s3 F3 B4 E- t
0 e: @7 ~3 B6 h* kNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said., L+ N; p2 M9 d/ s. i- w. m0 l6 D1 q
/ ~4 [" ~# j; r8 x0 IThe 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.
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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