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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: m. G$ ?4 i1 g, O' k3 o
& C. L0 C4 g9 F" K% UThe 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. ( D) G, |- F0 u0 R; H! i. e* M* b
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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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# {+ h& L: b/ h: |, ~About 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
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