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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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No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.3 }5 o! T- O3 A- ]' C
: f/ y4 e6 v" \% x- cThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.- z" E3 m. C! C0 p
/ D3 g( W( M# C, W/ DSuncor 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., h2 B! ^, s' G- F; p) L
3 F: \; A* ?5 k; K3 K2 ZAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.% x8 S3 g; Q1 _% m0 w, M0 G2 o
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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