Synthetic Crude Oil: Immigration

Canadian Natural Resources Dept: Senior vice-president Peter Janson said there had been repairs completed just before Christmas, but they are not believed to be related to the blast that ignited a stream of gaseous bitumen feeding into the upgrader's four coker drums, according to Calgary Herald. "We had the unit at a very stable operating point," Janson said in an interview Friday and the head of operations at Canadian Natural Resources' Horizon oilsands mine north of Fort McMurray said the upgrader explosion and fire Thursday that injured five staff came as a complete surprise. The fire burned for about three hours, causing damage to but not destroying the cokers -- which convert heavy oil into petroleum gases and coke -- and shutting down an operation with capacity to produce 110,000 barrels per day of synthetic crude oil. As reported in the news.
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