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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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! C" M1 w* E* I1 a* ]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. {' R& o6 m7 `% g$ O
, c+ ?2 p$ q! O) K* y6 OThe 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 2007.0 u+ y( k4 _4 }* W1 o9 c; |
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About 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
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