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This is the most significant good news in three years, and maybe we have finally turned the corner in this region … . Neil Shelly, executive director of the heartland association6 t: i7 |. b" u) \/ F: B" |
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The champagne was put on ice in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Tuesday after the province selected North West Upgrading for negotiations toward a deal to handle 75,000 barrels per day of bitumen. ) z) @2 q4 }; q' s z% Z
% u2 `$ _ |& G# `* dThe corks will pop later this year — if and when a formal contract is signed, which would mean a spring 2011 start on construction of the upgrader project that was halted in 2007.3 f, z) N* [7 B/ N
" F! d; P9 H7 Y- l4 E; _% A! QAbout 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
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