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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.4 z/ e; o( ?1 V6 a l
2 E4 [% z2 n- Z) QNo 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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The energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.( o0 f& O4 h) g3 Y; s4 Z
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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.% N' s, }) l' [ n
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.0 Y# q9 x! w/ O# N2 A' y
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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