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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 association4 B) K$ W. Q8 s1 G8 z
, b" H5 [% u2 F& }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. ' V% k0 |7 Q, f. E2 G: I
( D! n, `$ n5 m4 f; V+ N( vThe 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 2007.4 A0 O: m1 e0 P" h# Q- l- ?
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About 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
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