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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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% H' Q: N: J/ _! bThe 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. & h9 @ \# u3 e. z ?9 [8 A% S- d
& X* [1 T6 G& V5 H) p6 i! \: zThe 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.. Z. R" T$ i/ y
; l1 p* H% v5 ]+ q7 H0 r% ~* RAbout 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
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