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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- G: I8 o i) B$ d& W
0 @$ G$ N/ p4 n7 N2 O) f7 t' a5 GThe 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.
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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 2007.9 R- J* N3 g7 F0 z
# U0 K' u# ^+ J5 @9 bAbout 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
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