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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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; ]9 d( C! \* u7 x- g* [* o0 A8 JNo 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., G' g3 R5 n$ p1 E8 r
4 [4 M: @& v0 gSuncor 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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7 U+ f# ]& Q2 s, r' UAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.+ v8 w# B# e% M3 {0 Q2 k, a) E
6 E. @5 I& Y+ h/ s5 J- l5 oA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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