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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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3 W, `- P; R) L0 ?+ m4 `0 M6 TNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.5 A) D* T# t/ w r. F
2 M/ ]$ v0 u5 {, w2 EThe 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.( V! u, k, }- z# R2 h# O
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According 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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