Indorama Ventures plans to renovate and restart a dormant ethane cracker west of Lake Charles, LA, where the company expects to make a $175 million capital investment. Separately, Total will begin front-end engineering and design for a second steam cracker at its Port Arthur complex in Texas.
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Thailand Company to Invest $100M For Early Work on Ohio Ethane Cracker
Thailand’s state-owned petrochemical and refining company, PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) pcl, said Thursday it would spend $100 million on engineering design work for a multi-billion dollar ethane cracker it has proposed to build in the heart of the Utica Shale in Southeast Ohio.
September 3, 2015
Shell Completes Purchase of Possible Cracker Site in Pennsylvania
After more than three years, Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC has completed its purchase of land in western Pennsylvania where it tentatively plans to build a multi-billion dollar ethane cracker.
June 18, 2015
Shell Completes Purchase of Possible Cracker Site in Pennsylvania
After more than three years, Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC has completed its purchase of land in western Pennsylvania where it tentatively plans to build a multi-billion dollar ethane cracker.
June 18, 2015
Ohio Ethane Cracker Expected to Begin Production in 2020
If it decides to make the investment and build an ethane cracker in Belmont County, OH, Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) pcl said earlier this week that it plans to begin commercial production at the facility by 2020.
May 19, 2015
Ohio Ethane Cracker Expected to Begin Production in 2020
If it decides to make the investment and build an ethane cracker in Belmont County, OH, Thailand's PTT Global Chemical pcl said…
May 19, 2015
Appalachian Basin Gains One Ethane Cracker Project, But Loses Another
A day after an Asian partnership said it has selected an undisclosed location in Belmont County, OH, for a multi-billion-dollar ethane cracker, it was confirmed that a pair of South American companies would put on hold plans for a similar project in West Virginia.
April 23, 2015
Appalachian Basin Gains One Ethane Cracker Project, But Loses Another
A day after an Asian partnership said it has selected an undisclosed location in Belmont County, OH, for a multi-billion-dollar ethane cracker, it was confirmed that a pair of South American companies would put on hold plans for a similar project in West Virginia.
April 23, 2015
Antero to Anchor Ethane Supply for Proposed West Virginia Cracker
Antero Resources Corp. said Wednesday it has signed an agreement with Odebrecht Organization to be the anchor ethane supplier for the Brazilian company's planned ethane cracker and associated petrochemical facilities in Wood County, WV.
March 26, 2014
Consol to Ship Ethane to European Crackers
Consol Energy Inc. said Thursday it has struck a deal to send ethane produced in the Marcellus Shale of western Pennsylvania on Sunoco Logistics Partners LP’s Mariner East pipeline for export to European cracker complexes.
February 14, 2014
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