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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.- r8 {8 o- {6 X9 J4 p& w
, A" R1 y4 Z8 Z8 f$ oThe 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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( W0 G7 l6 _0 r, J& Y6 E: lSuncor 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.' p1 h1 T: a, q$ g6 _
2 |* a% }) d& F) h0 o: n6 }( YAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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& T: j8 E; H9 E+ C) XA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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