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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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: I# z* J/ i5 [; m$ O; B+ \' ^9 c4 K4 CThe 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. . k; Y- a" ]+ c z
+ p1 C& p" T- Z2 B- p$ t. i' {# m6 YThe 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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, e6 D1 L# ~; p9 b$ P# yAbout 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
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