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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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~% E9 a) x$ f4 bNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.* N) Y$ }4 W! X* T0 m4 x5 x+ o$ ]$ V
; `- F1 m. M8 _) `The 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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' L, ?: v& D+ x* wAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.9 ?$ d1 L- S. C, H; A5 L0 h
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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