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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/ N) ]+ h( o3 f/ M$ v7 P _( T
4 o2 I) e1 [5 R/ {. N' UThe 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. * `: O6 G' }# K: X
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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 2007.7 B+ g- j& ]6 |5 t* u
) r$ Y7 o% n! P' H8 a1 p& XAbout 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
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