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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said there was a better than 50% chance that a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc will build an ethane cracker in Beaver County, and he said more work is necessary to make the facility a reality.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said there was a better than 50% chance that a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc will build an ethane cracker in Beaver County, and he said more work is necessary to make the facility a reality.

Royal Dutch Shell plc has scaled back plans this summer to drill up to five wells offshore Alaska, in part because of construction delays on an emergency spill containment barge and in part because of the weather, CEO Peter Voser said Thursday.

Royal Dutch Shell plc, which has made huge commitments this past year to invest in North America’s abundant natural gas supplies by launching a huge export terminal in Canada and funding onshore fueling stations, on Wednesday agreed to buy out a Norwegian-based company that supplies small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the industrial and marine market.

Royal Dutch Shell plc vaulted into the No. 1 spot for global companies in the world based on revenues, moving up from the No. 2 spot a year, according to Fortune magazine’s Global 500 list.

Asia will represent the “lion’s share” of natural gas demand growth in the coming years, Royal Dutch Shell plc’s Marvin Odum, director of the America’s upstream business, told a Washington, DC, audience last week.

Royal Dutch Shell plc will decide within the next 18 to 24 months whether to build an ethane cracker in Beaver County, PA, according to a company executive.

Royal Dutch Shell plc will decide within the next 18 to 24 months whether to build an ethane cracker in Beaver County, PA, according to a company executive.

Asia will represent the “lion’s share” of natural gas demand growth in the coming years, Royal Dutch Shell plc’s Marvin Odum, director of the company’s America’s upstream business, told a Washington, DC, audience last week.