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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 association Y2 B6 L/ Q" Q
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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. # O u' R; ?; e5 `. K( T' m9 [7 ~4 U4 I
@- L# G. D9 X( i* a' l+ L% v+ iThe 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.+ ^& Y4 n, o8 @( ^3 V
# k ]% j A. V5 ^& Z; }/ H+ Y0 _About 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
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