Shell chemical is exploring to expand its Olefins plant in Deer Park, Texas, and increase its Ethylene production. No details have been disclosed by company.
The company noted that several steps remain before it would make a final investment decision, ranging from concluding preparatory engineering and design work and seeking permits from Texas regulators, to evaluating downstream product support and any other potential global investment.
In late June, Shell Chemical received the air emission permit for its planned ethane cracker in Beaver Country, Pennsylvania. The proposed USD 4 billion Ethane cracker would be the first of its kind in US Northeast. The Cracker, expected to be completed in 2019, would feed production of 1.5 million mt/year of Ethylene, 500,000mt/year of HDPE, and 500,000mt/year LDPE.
