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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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: Y0 c6 V. [2 e% hThe 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. 3 `4 k6 z C8 U2 l
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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.: a3 r- g' t5 e, V; a* ?# i. r7 V
: e9 I! S' o+ ]: k: xAbout 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
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