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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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+ L+ T; j+ ?1 {5 ]& ^1 CNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said." r+ O7 A: J" `2 Q6 [5 w F. @5 K
! V& F- C7 } m) Z/ q8 U# g1 u$ TThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.3 G4 W" @: E3 Q
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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." o( `2 Z. W, k! ?" ? |) L/ S
" f0 }& i; A& `According 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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