More than 30 plastic plants are in the pipeline, from the Ohio River Valley to the Gulf Coast. These plastic-making factories include ethane “cracker” and methanol plants, both which process natural ...

MONACA, Pa. (KDKA) -- One year ago, the Shell cracker plant in Beaver County began operating. Since then, the multi-billion dollar plastic production facility has been cited for various ...

Shell plc (London, U.K.; announced that Shell Chemicals Park Moerdijk started up a new unit that allows difficult-to-recycle ...

We’ve sued companies that turn plastic into consumer goods to better control their runoff. We’re challenging the permits needed to build those new ethane cracker plants and organizing grassroots ...

Besides setting up hydro-cracker plants, naphtha production is converted into high-octane gasoline in many countries. Also, naphtha is used in various value-added products such as PVC, plastic ...

It cost Shell roughly $14 billion in capital to build and open the company’s Beaver County ethane cracker plant, Shell CEO ... for delays in expected plastic production.

Thai petrochemical giant PTT Global Chemical has selected Bechtel Oil, Gas & Chemicals to build the Belmont County ethane cracker plant, according to S & P Global. Bechtel is also building a Shell ...