Back on January 19, 2017, it was reported that Potter, PA, has unanimously approved a conditional use permit for Royal Dutch Shell to move forward with construction of a multibillion-dollar petrochemical complex near Pittsburgh. Data points:
- $6 billion project
- will use low-cost ethane from shale gas producers in the Marcellus and Utica basins in PA, OH, and WV
- to produce 1.6 million tonnes of polethylene per yer
- company hopes to start construction sometime near the end of 2017
- target in-service date early in the next decade
- 6,000 construction workers; 600 permanent employees when project completed
- this is "Shell's pioneering project" -- the first of its kind outside the Gulf Coast -- "could be the cornerstone for regional economic growth for decades to come
- Shell's Chemical Appalachia LLC's petrochemical complex in Potter Township, PA
- early works program included
- building bridges;
- relocating a state highway;
- improving existing interchanges;
- repositioning a rail line (wow); and,
- preparing foundations for the complex
- complex to include four processing units
- an ethane cracker; and,
- three polyethylene units
- the ethane cracker will be the largest part of the facility with more than 200 major components and 95 miles of pipe
- the site will include a 250-Mw natural gas-fired power plant
- much more at the link
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