Suncor Base plant fire extinguished
There were no injuries reported and it is unknown if production had been affected.
Suncor's base plant with upgraders in the oil sands in Fort McMurray Alta, on Monday June 13, 2017. Canada's oilsands industry, hard hit by a price storm earlier this year blamed on tight pipeline capacity out of Western Canada, is sailing towards a pricing typhoon stirred up by new fuel standards for the international shipping industry. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
A Thursday morning fire which broke out at Suncor Energy’s U2 upgrader has been contained and extinguished.
There were no injuries reported and it is unknown if production had been affected.
The U2 upgrader, which converts bitumen into refinery-ready synthetic crude, has a capacity of 240,000 barrels per day.
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