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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.5 o ] n9 ]8 C1 f" N
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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.
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& W5 u$ B' k- }( k/ h J, WThe 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./ ?$ L* v9 d' B. h X9 s' l
% i: Y7 W/ R+ J( D8 m0 @1 dAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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& r7 [+ u& i7 C. x5 ~A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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