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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 y1 V" K0 f t' R8 w+ X# N, \) {
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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. 9 L* G: R* z# B) O* @* W
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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.
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! [8 E1 X( Y/ N W+ VAbout 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
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