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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.& J: a- X7 v3 f( H! v
$ Y1 W0 P( ]! V8 ]" ?No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.% X Y" `# K% X8 O7 ?* y5 g- W
/ r( ~8 ?9 R8 K4 d0 ]& iThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage., P* y7 _. l: H( r" v
, a) o6 ^& C) uSuncor 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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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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; D1 j8 ]* L# G$ cA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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