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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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: `" g4 r. C) M! q8 nThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.% p! F. ~6 I8 d0 Z) I! \- m
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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.0 {; F# v3 P2 r
- q- F4 f! K. h+ x4 f! G3 BAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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) w6 c' D& o" T& E! X( Z9 W I5 F* m9 GA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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