Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex

Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex
Construction of the Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex along the Ohio River, Beaver County, Pennsylvania in January 2019
Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex is located in Pennsylvania
Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex
Shell ethylene cracker
Map
LocationPotter Township, PA
Coordinates40°40′8.8926″N 80°20′11.349″W / 40.669136833°N 80.33648583°W / 40.669136833; -80.33648583
ProductsEthylene
Area386 acres[1]
Owner(s)Shell Oil Company

The Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex,[2][3][4] formally known as Shell Polymers Monaca, is an ethylene cracker plant located in Potter Township, Pennsylvania, United States, owned and operated by Shell Oil Company, the American subsidiary of supermajor oil company Royal Dutch Shell.[5] The plant is near the interchange of Interstate 376 and Pennsylvania Route 18, about 25 miles (40 km) from Pittsburgh. Operations began in November, 2022 [6] and will produce over a million tons per year of plastic pellets.[1]

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  2. ^ "Remarks by President Trump During Tour of the Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex | Monaca, PA". whitehouse.gov. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2019 – via National Archives.
  3. ^ Fadulu, Lola; Haberman, Maggie (August 13, 2019). "At Chemical Plant Under Construction, Trump Builds List of Grievances". The New York Times. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  4. ^ "Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex – Early Works". Alberici. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Shell was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Shell's ethane cracker, a mammoth plastics plant near Pittsburgh, begins operations". November 15, 2022.