Shell Exec Offers More Details on Pennsylvania Ethane Cracker

摘要

A unit of Royal Dutch Shell plc decided to proceed with a multi-billion dollar ethane cracker in Western Pennsylvania for three primary reasons: cost-advantaged feedstock, market proximity and strong local support, one of the project’s leading executives said Tuesday. “To answer the question, why Pennsylvania, why here? The basic answer is very simple,” said Ate Visser, vice president of Appalachia petrochemicals at Shell Chemical LP. “You’re sitting here on a world-class resource base at the doorstep of your customer. And this will give us a low-cost, sustainable and competitive advantage.”