Syncrude oilsands mine upgrader shut down

Posted Nov 23, 2011 6:36 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Production from an upgrader at the Syncrude oilsands mine has been disrupted.

A Canadian Oil Sands spokesperson says the shutdown was the result of an instrumentation failure at a coking unit.

Repairs are being made and the unit will be restarted.

A coker breaks down heavier crude into lighter oils, gases, and petroleum coke and is an important step in the upgrading process.

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