by Eric de Place and Julia Stone | Jun 20, 2023 | Petrochemicals & Plastics, Reports
Download report Download summary Download toolkit Beaver County, Pennsylvania is a real-time case study in the local economic impacts of petrochemical development. That’s because the county is home to Shell’s massive, $6 billion ethane cracker, which officially...
by Nick Messenger | May 5, 2023 | Blog Posts, Petrochemicals & Plastics, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
A lot has happened since ORVI originally published our post on the disastrous toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Cleanup efforts are still underway by the railroad operator, Norfolk Southern, but they have raised new questions about the safe transport of...
by Ben Hunkler | Feb 16, 2023 | Blog Posts, Petrochemicals & Plastics
On Friday, February 3, a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous petrochemicals derailed near East Palestine, Ohio, sparking what may be one of the worst environmental disasters in US history. Thousands of fish have turned up dead in nearby waterways; a plume...
by Kathy Hipple and Anne Keller | Dec 19, 2022 | Petrochemicals & Plastics, Reports
Download report Download digital toolkit In November 2022, Shell officially began production at its long-anticipated ethane cracker plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, churning out lentil-sized resin pellets, known as nurdles, by the ton. When it reaches full...
by Eric de Place and Julia Stone | Aug 29, 2022 | Blog Posts, Petrochemicals & Plastics
Key Takeaways Appalachian ethane is already fueling a petrochemical buildout in the Gulf Coast and around the world. The region’s production of natural gas liquids, including ethane, is forecasted to grow faster than any other region of the US over the next 30 years....
by Eric de Place | Jun 1, 2022 | Petrochemicals & Plastics, Research
Sometime soon, Shell’s petrochemical plant in western Pennsylvania will finally begin operations, churning out millions of pounds of tiny resin pellets for plastic manufacturing. Despite a barrage of hype about a large-scale petrochemical buildout in Appalachia that...
by Eric de Place | Apr 15, 2022 | Blog Posts, Petrochemicals & Plastics
The plastics industry is facing a triple threat. Product bans, public opinion, and corporate pledges all conspire to curtail future profits and undercut expansion plans. This trio helps explain why the ballyhooed petrochemical buildout in Appalachia has never...
by Eric de Place | Apr 4, 2022 | Blog Posts, Petrochemicals & Plastics
Last week, Ohio lieutenant governor John Husted spoke the unvarnished truth about the Ohio Valley’s long planned petrochemicals buildout. Responding to news about the perennially delayed project in Belmont County, he said, “The industry itself is not growing....
by Eric de Place and Molly Kiick | Nov 30, 2021 | Petrochemicals & Plastics, Reports
Download report Download summary Download digital toolkit Beaver County, Pennsylvania is a real-time case-study in the local economic impacts of petrochemical development. It is home to the construction site of a Shell petrochemical facility estimated to cost...
by Ben Hunkler | Nov 23, 2021 | Blog Posts, Petrochemicals & Plastics
Four years ago, petrochemical industry boosters predicted a new wave of industry would roll across the natural gas-producing region of Appalachia, spurring billions of dollars in capital investments and a veritable economic renaissance in a place that sorely needed...
