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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.! K( P5 w6 a. D0 }% B
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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.$ X l- R3 m1 d- |, L
. r6 J) A/ u5 q9 k" ~7 L! _, JThe 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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& C) V! x( ~3 E: ?$ WSuncor 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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0 u, _( R4 ]6 u- J. d. CAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.) h, X# `( t1 Z3 y' l$ Y8 g
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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