Pennsylvania
PTTGC assesses Tri-States ethane cracker locations Thailand national chemical group PTT Global Chemical plc (PTTGC) and its partner, the Japanese trading company Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni) are concentrating their investigation on the three States, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio, covering the giant Marcellus Basin to find the best location to build a world-scale ethane cracker to […]
Consol and Range to supply shale gas to Ineos cracker The US-based junior companies Consol Energy Inc. (Consol) and Range Resources Corporation (RRC or Range Resources) signed long term agreements with the Swiss registered petrochemical company Ineos Group AG (Ineos) to import shale gas from the USA to supply its ethylene cracker at Grangemouth complex in […]
Shell confirms Monaca Ethane Cracker on projects list After reassessing its projects list in regards of its investment capabilities, the super major Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) is confirming its Pennsylvania Petrochemical Complex project and the related Monaca Ethane Cracker to stay in its projects list. Instead, Shel is reconsidering the envisaged gas to liquid (GTL) project on Gulf Coast. This […]
Wood County on line to host Ascent Complex project The Brazilian companies Odebrecht and Braskem are currently investigating the opportunity to develop the Appalachian Shale Cracker Enterprise (Ascent) Petrochemical complex project at Parkersburg in the Wood County of West Virginia, USA. Joining Shell with its Appalachia Ethane Cracker project, Odebrecht and Braskem are exploring a new business model in […]
Bluegrass Pipeline to feed Gulf Coast Petrochemicals The Oklahoma-based Williams and the Houston-headquartered Boardwalk Pipelines Partners (Boardwalk) signed a letter of intend (LOI) to form a joint venture on building the Bluegrass Pipeline project in USA to connect the Marcellus and Utica giant shale gas fields in the northeast to the petrochemical industry lying along […]
Enterprise to proceed with Appalachia-to-Texas pipeline The Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Enterprise) is opening since September 1st a period to offer the opportunity for long term commitments with additional capacity for its Appalachia-to-Texas (ATEX Express) pipeline. Enterprise is a North American midstream leading company providing transportation services for crude oil, refined products, natural gas, […]
Philadelphia Refinery to rely on Marcellus shale gas Last year Sunoco Inc (Sunoco) had announced to close the Philadelphia refinery in Pennsylvania, USA, on summer 2012 if no buyer could be found in the meantime. But the development of the shale gas in USA much faster than expected and in very competitive conditions offers a […]
Air Products to purchase 67% of Indura for $884 million Headquartered in Santiago, Chile, Indura S.A. is the largest independent industrial gas company in South America. In buying 67% majority stake in Indura, Air Products gets access to twelve countries within the second most dynamic region in term of GDP, just after the leading Asia. […]
