Interest Groups Press Case for Petchem Complex in Appalachia

摘要

The campaign to create a major petrochemical hub in the heart of the Marcellus and Utica Shales continued last week when a trio of state governors and an economic development group took their case to a gathering of manufacturers in Houston. With the Appalachian Basin steadily growing its share of the US gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs) production base, they argued that developers of ethane crackers and other gas-intensive industries should look beyond the Gulf Coast-where the bulk of petrochemical plants now sit-and toward the tri-state region of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia