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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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6 w; Z" |6 T o# `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. ; ]( o# b6 \. B8 {) I
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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 2007.4 ~" L2 Q. d0 u/ ?( |( ]
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About 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
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