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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.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is reportedly seeking up to $1.675 billion in tax credits over the next 25 years for Royal Dutch Shell plc and other companies willing to locate an ethane cracker in the state.

The catalyst for Royal Dutch Shell plc’s future growth will continue to be natural gas, as evidenced by a spat of massive projects in North America and worldwide, CEO Peter Voser affirmed to shareholders last week.

The catalyst for Royal Dutch Shell plc’s future growth will continue to be natural gas, CEO Peter Voser affirmed to shareholders on Tuesday.

With hopes high that all required permits will be in hand and all legal challenges will be overcome, Royal Dutch Shell plc officials have penciled in a late third quarter start for drilling offshore Alaska, CFO Simon Henry said last week.

With hopes high that all required permits will be in hand and all legal challenges will be overcome, Royal Dutch Shell plc officials have penciled in a late third quarter start for drilling offshore Alaska, CFO Simon Henry said Thursday.

A U.S. unit of Royal Dutch Shell plc last week moved another step closer to lowering a drillbit into the frigid waters offshore Alaska this summer after the Department of Interior approved a stringent oil spill response plan.