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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.0 h V7 {* A3 P( H; d
( u5 W t$ d( x9 s6 tNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.1 p$ T4 G! D0 [7 u; h9 w
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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.
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( N% s. R, r4 U, }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.' g" _& o, \' ]2 ~1 b7 `
$ n( P8 W7 L& ?: d6 I1 tAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.1 H8 V, s' l4 A% C2 ]& b U
. Y, r, i$ o( IA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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