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Please join us for an information update from industry and industry-related organizations within Lamont County's Industrial Heartland, on December 2, 2014 from 5-7 p.m. at the Lamont Hall Meeting Room (4844 49 St., Lamont).  Industry representatives and Lamont County department staff will set up booths, and be available to answer all your questions about Lamont County's Industrial Heartland and County operations. A light meal and refreshments will be provided.  Current participating compan...

Underground salt formations are used as a safe and cost effective method for hydrocarbon storage across North America. In Alberta’s Industrial Heartland, the Lotsberg Formation provides millions of barrels of storage for industry operating in the region. Development of the region’s naturally occurring massive, underground salt formation began more than four decades ago. In 1971, Chevron Canada created the area’s first underground storage caverns at what is now Keyera. Since then, many...

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Sept. 26, 2014) - Canexus Corporation (TSX:CUS) (the "Corporation" or "Canexus") today announced first receipt of Cold Lake Blend ("CLB") product, following completion of the tie-in of the Cold Lake pipeline system to its North American Terminal Operations ("NATO"). The NATO facility is now capable of loading both Access Western Blend product from MEG Energy Corp.'s Stonefell Terminal and CLB from Lamont Station. "I am very pleased to be loading unit trains...

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Sept. 8, 2014) - Canexus Corporation (TSX:CUS) (the "Corporation" or "Canexus") today announced that it will immediately resume construction to tie-in the Cold Lake pipeline system from Lamont Station into the MEG Energy Corp. ("MEG") pipeline. This follows a court decision to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of the pipeline agreement between MEG and Canexus. Construction to perform this tie-in is expected to begin as early as tomorrow and to t...

Alberta’s Industrial Heartland (September 2, 2014) – Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association was recognized in the seventh annual Canada’s Best to Invest awards by Site Selection. The Association was named one of the Top 10 Canadian Economic Development Groups for a second straight year. Site Selection is a leading international publication focusing on economic development. Their annual Canadian awards and ranking of economic development groups are based on project data, regional partn...

CALGARY, ALBERTA, JULY 18 2014: Inter Pipeline Ltd. (“Inter Pipeline”) (TSX: IPL) is pleased to announce that a major component of the $1.4 billion Polaris pipeline system expansion has been successfully completed and placed into commercial service. Accordingly, Inter Pipeline has begun generating cash flow under its 20-year diluent transportation agreement with the FCCL Partnership (“FCCL”), a business venture between Cenovus Energy and ConocoPhillips Canada Resources Corp. Diluent shipme...

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