Wow, It Never Quits -- Making America Great Again -- First Of Its Kind Outside The Gulf Coast -- November 8, 2017

Wow, it never quits.

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

Today, the Oil & Gas Journal reports that the main construction phase has begun on this project. Data points:

• 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