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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.6 j' K1 b- M# M) L" Y7 i
0 S% `7 ?) h* t2 @- m8 M$ [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.6 x2 r- U, I7 F! u0 Y
: ^. G: @, p6 M8 \) p/ F5 Q( 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.4 R% ]5 t+ ?0 e/ H4 x. A4 X
( E5 W+ e7 F# G4 h4 ~% k0 s2 s% AAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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