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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 Y4 u0 d9 w5 F! j% |. B4 g7 S
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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. 3 Y! a4 C- h- x6 K0 V. U& k+ L
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The 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.% }! i2 P- q0 R7 w
5 p: L# c$ s) B: K% NAbout 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
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