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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 n, S: k, y2 J" P# r- B6 b L
6 v, A* K. i% g$ vNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.# J0 n6 c: [- a7 R6 n( J3 F
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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.0 F. A/ W2 ^7 \2 {
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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.. E" q4 k' w, R: B/ e" m7 H* }$ Z
. r! C, h$ ^6 O8 LAccording 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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