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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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) N/ H5 m% B7 c9 R# o3 tThe 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. $ Z* d* m, E, } Q
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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." P, h# }' [) i9 N
2 P, Z2 x6 z' r2 O: Y7 w# [& IAbout 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
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