Nacero Inc. plans to build a $6 billion manufacturing facility at the site of a former Pennsylvania coal mine to produce gasoline from natural gas and renewable natural gas (RNG) rather than crude oil.

Gasoline from the Luzerne County facility, which would be in Nanticoke in Newport Township, would be sulfur-free and capable of fueling today’s vehicles without modification, Nacero said recently. 

“We will give everyday drivers zero sulfur, 100% domestic, low- and net zero carbon gasoline for use in their existing vehicles without modification,” CEO Jay McKenna said of the Marcellus facility. 

Nacero’s project announcement specifies neither the planned capacity of the Nanticoke plant nor when it could begin operations. However, the company said the facility would...