Shell Taps Pittsburgh Area For Proposed $2B Chemical Plant

Shell Oil Co. has picked a site in Beaver County, PA over locations in two other states for a proposed $ 2 billion petrochemical complex that could create more than 10,000 permanent jobs and another 10,000 construction jobs.

Shell Chemical LP signed a land option agreement with Horsehead Corp. to evaluate the site in Potter and Center Townships near Monaca, PA, about 35 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. The facility would include an ethane “cracker…
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