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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
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# o# S, L6 e/ {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 Q% m; Z8 l4 ^) q3 q! d- o3 Q S
$ O4 W7 I! y2 p9 |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.. F" S5 D2 y. l: f2 e5 V
( B# W( Y# D; @ t! qAbout 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
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