 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
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
1 w5 j0 G& Z0 e6 C$ n, L5 N
# C- S8 F6 }" [! v6 {2 s9 D( DThe 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.
+ N9 l5 w! Q' T; t6 d# c* ~0 @0 A8 w9 v3 l1 |& G
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.$ G6 F$ H* X5 ?0 y3 ^! b- ]% T5 G* o
0 o0 r ~; `5 P/ E& s
About 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
|