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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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' [) F: n! ? h0 B! x% }0 VNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said. |) h7 Y4 ]8 r
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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.5 F, O' E2 e7 L0 A
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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.5 G* u7 f _ V: V/ W
7 s( e( s6 R6 a+ |According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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1 h& F o) T D: `A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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