Shell cracker plant to begin operations in 2022
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Shell’s massive ethane crack plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, will be fully operational in 2022, the company announced last week, according to the Observer-Reporter.
The recent announcement was the first time the company targeted a launch date more specific than “the early 2020s.” The $6-$10 billion project has been in the works for almost a decade.
The facility will be used to convert ethane, sourced from natural gas in the Marcellus and Utica shale plays, to polyethylene pellets, a feedstock for plastics production.
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