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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.% _0 Y0 _# O" E2 I
6 g% O4 D* b& w, l. ZThe 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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1 q) o9 D; f: \4 V- E4 R, ]) JSuncor 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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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.. n9 S: R# c; a6 o1 S& O* D
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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