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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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; P% i0 T- e2 _" n4 t7 |5 VNo 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.- u2 |+ E0 M, C8 I
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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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% z! G1 S* o- R& B+ W0 XAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.6 c! s4 \0 n" T% z& T, F! h! G
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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