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Bankruptcy threat of BA Energy casts pall on plans

The Edmonton Journal

January 16, 2009

Future of bitumen upgraders gloomy

Bankruptcy threat of BA Energy casts pall on plans

By Dave Cooper

The possible bankruptcy of the builder of a partially completed $4-billion bitumen upgrader near Fort Saskatchewan is part of a larger picture of gloom faced by firms hoping to process Alberta’s bitumen within the province, says a group representing local municipalities.

“Companies are now talking just about extraction, not upgrading. And that’s a real challenge to us,” said Neil Shelly, executive director of Alberta’s Industrial Heartland….(Full Story)

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