 鲜花( 1)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
CALGARY - A fire has halted operations at one of Suncor Energy's two oilsands upgraders north of Fort McMurray, the company said Tuesday.
y5 {$ O* X8 M8 f2 ?" o: y- ~! N
No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.
+ f/ w6 ^1 O; \" ?' z+ j# @, l5 h6 {3 [; }
The energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.
3 F( Q! c. z! }8 m c
4 C' R r% L4 Z8 V& W5 i# B1 TSuncor 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.
: V9 h& C9 C+ d$ f0 c5 j7 ]% S
& \% v6 n/ v. N& J% |) ]0 cAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident., L ?" y2 r& e" {
6 }3 y% a) G8 Q6 r, dA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
|