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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 g; y: I9 X) t) H
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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./ ^9 F! b; t- t3 k/ ~% A
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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.4 z9 _6 I3 [ u
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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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& _/ o4 Q% Q# [* y' RAccording 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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