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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., ?1 e I+ I( i Y/ j) d0 |
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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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The energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.; ]0 t- U, ] W
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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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# m3 F% r6 V$ v$ wAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.) k6 Z- A3 t: Z
- x" J2 r: d$ A* N- ^1 B2 XA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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