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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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3 N7 X5 b8 p5 Y# n- EThe 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. ; `4 @) p4 F& Q8 E$ f$ M3 s6 u
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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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5 i+ m! {0 I5 U$ S! l6 pAbout 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
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