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StatoilHydro Shelves Alberta Upgrader Project

December 2008 | Project News

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In the latest sign of the slowdown in the Canadian oil sands industry, Norway's StatoilHydro has withdrawn a regulatory application for the construction of a bitumen upgrader in Alberta.

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