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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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No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.+ V% r" B X7 \0 ?- E& b0 X; B
6 i9 r- Q: x) [+ t- uThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.* G- L+ o y! A
, [4 s* z7 {) ~7 RSuncor 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.! `3 U+ T2 [3 o
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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9 i; s I+ ^3 f% P5 D( W: hA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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