Barclays Capital Canada Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., BNP Paribas ( Canada ) Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Canada Inc., Merrill Lynch Canada Inc., RBS Capital Markets ( Canada ) Limited, Scotia Capital Inc., TD Securities Inc., AltaCorp Capital Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc., National Bank Financial Inc. and Casgrain & Company Limited acted as co-agents. NWRP is an Alberta general partnership formed by NWU LP (" NWUP "), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of North West Upgrading Inc. (" NWU "), and Canadian Natural Upgrading Limited (" CNUL "), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian Natural Resources Limited (" CNRL "). NWRP was formed solely for the purposes of constructing and operating a refinery in the Alberta Industrial Heartland Area (the " Refinery ").