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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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, A6 n3 j1 {7 I! N, wThe 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. ; a& p8 j) M* A$ h
! q0 T3 Y4 t1 e2 [8 k9 y" ~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.
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- Z6 d0 S) b# p, tAbout 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
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