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March 16, 2023
The mighty Shell ethane cracker seems to have "issues" in getting, and staying, fully up to speed. In what has become a pattern, about once a month the cracker plant is forced to use flaring--the burning of hydrocarbons (ethane or natural gas) to safely dispose of said hydrocarbons during an equipment malfunction. It happened a
February 14, 2023
It hasn’t been a problem-free startup for the mighty Shell ethane cracker plant in Monaca (Beaver County), PA, now called the Shell Polymers Monaca facility. We’ve noted some of the more prominent issues as we’ve spotted them in the news. Things like the plant exceeding allowed air emissions (see PA DEP Issues Violation to Shell
January 23, 2023
It hasn't been a problem-free startup for the mighty Shell ethane cracker plant in Monaca (Beaver County), PA, now called the Shell Polymers Monaca facility. We've noted some of the more prominent issues as we've spotted them in the news. Things like the plant exceeding allowed air emissions (see PA DEP Issues Violation to Shell