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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.; |& U1 i# E1 H3 U6 U9 s2 `0 X
2 J$ ~9 x2 r: v; {1 u2 E9 _No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.
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Q5 N& y8 C( _$ j. C; p9 n( GThe 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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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.
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9 k8 J: h. c+ Y% M4 CAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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1 S: ?' J$ R y0 L; j; L, S. ? KA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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