By Cheryl Long
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t’s the first refinery to be built in Canada
in more than 30 years and if that isn’t
attention-grabbing enough, the NWR
Sturgeon Refinery will be the first in the
world to design and implement key pro-
cesses aimed at meeting North America’s
new standard for lower carbon emissions.
North West Refining Inc., which aims to
produce value-added products from bitu-
men, and Canadian Natural Resources
Ltd., one of the world’s largest indepen-
dent crude oil and natural gas producers,
are co-owners in the refinery project.
Together, they are making environmen-
tal history at a project site 45 kilometres
northeast of Edmonton, Alberta. The new
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