Shell Chemical Co.
The fire at a plastics feedstocks plant operated by Shell Chemical in Deer Park, Texas, was extinguished late on May 9, four days after it first broke out.
Shale Crescent USA says domestic resin production can drive reshoring of manufacturing.
The site will have around 3.5 billion pounds of annual resin capacity when it's completed.
More than two dozen companies have created a new group, called the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, which has committed $1 billion over five years to solve plastic waste problems.
The global firm is building a massive complex near Pittsburgh that will include polyethylene resin.
Six major petrochemicals firms each have donated $1 million to relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
Pittsburgh-area officials want more information before approving a conditional use permit for a massive plastics and petrochemicals plant that Shell Chemical plans to build in the region.
Shell Chemical Co. has decided in favor of building a massive plastics and petrochemicals complex in the Pittsburgh area.
The plant will be built at Shell's existing Ascension Parish complex in Geismar, La., and will have annual capacity of around 935 million pounds of linear alpha olefins (LAO).
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