Suncor upgrader gets unplanned maintenance

March 14, 2012

Suncor Energy expects one of its two bitumen upgraders in Fort McMurray, Alta., to be offline for 3-5 weeks while it conducts unplanned maintenance related to fractionator performance.

Bob Tippee

Suncor Energy expects one of its two bitumen upgraders in Fort McMurray, Alta., to be offline for 3-5 weeks while it conducts unplanned maintenance related to fractionator performance.

It projects oil sands production during the period at 140,000 b/d. Its Fort McMurray upgrading facilities can produce 350,000 b/d of synthetic crude oil.

Suncor reported average oil sands production last year of 304,700 b/d.

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Bob Tippee | Editor

Bob Tippee has been chief editor of Oil & Gas Journal since January 1999 and a member of the Journal staff since October 1977. Before joining the magazine, he worked as a reporter at the Tulsa World and served for four years as an officer in the US Air Force. A native of St. Louis, he holds a degree in journalism from the University of Tulsa.