Pennsylvania town council approves construction of Shell petrochem facility

23-Jan-17

The town council of Potter, Pennsylvania has unanimously approved a conditional use permit allowing a unit of Royal Dutch Shell PLC to move forward with construction of a multibillion-dollar petrochemical complex near Pittsburgh, as per Reuters. Last June, Shell's Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC unit made a final investment decision to build the complex, which includes an ethylene cracker.

The facility will use low-cost ethane from shale gas producers in the Marcellus and Utica basins in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia to produce 1.6 mln mtpa of polyethylene.