Study: Sunoco’s Marcus Hook Site Could House Cracker or PDH Unit

Sunoco’s Marcus Hook, PA industrial complex—a former oil refinery and petrochemical facility that was shut down last December—may be able to be re-used in ways that would not have existed if not for the rapid growth of the U.S. shale oil and gas industry, according to a new study from IHS Chemical. “With the recent shale developments and the abundance of cheap natural gas, the U.S. now has a feedstock cost advantage over most other regions of the world for producing certain petrochemical products, such as ethylene or propylene,” says...

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