ACC: US chemical investment linked to shale gas reaches $100 billion

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The American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced today that announced US chemical industry investment linked to shale gas now tops $100 billion. As of this month, 148 projects valued at $100.2 billion have been announced, ACC says. These projects, including new factories, expansions and process changes to increase capacity, could potentially lead to $81 billion/year in new chemical industry output and 637,000 permanent new jobs by 2023, ACC says. Over half of the investment is by frms headquartered outside of the United States.