Shell Chemicals to Build Ethylene and PE Plants in U.S. Northeast

Shell Chemicals says it is developing plans to build a world-scale ethylene plant with downstream integrated derivative units in the Marcellus Shale region in the U.S. Northeast. The plans will likely include a polyethylene (PE) unit, marking Shell's entry into the U.S. PE market. The company joins Dow Chemical and Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) in the race to build the next cracker in the U.S., but Shell is the first company to target the Northeast....

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