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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 association9 }- x5 Y/ l c; D9 S
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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. 1 e/ ~8 O. X+ Y" h* q9 ~
( X$ K/ P2 s' Y: m1 m) k8 Q3 JThe 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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0 J& m6 Q4 x: {) H; DAbout 3,000 workers will be needed in each of the three planned phases. |
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