Royal Dutch Shell won’t be making a decision any time soon on whether or not to proceed with plans to build a major petrochemical plant in Beaver County. The energy giant’s agreement with Horsehead Corp, which owns the potential site outside Monaca, required Shell to make a determination of whether or not to proceed with [...]
FirstEnergy is attempting to count all of Beaver County as its “friends and family.” That’s one dynamic of a new agreement between the county and energy supplier that has county commissioners using official letterhead to promote the utility. The Beaver County Times reports: BEAVER — Don’t be shocked if you received a letter from the [...]
Using Shell’s potential Beaver County ethane cracker as an entry point, the Wall Street Journal examines how the domestic shale boom is tied to more chemical production: It isn’t just Beaver County reaping the benefits of cheap gas. Plunging prices have turned the U.S. into one of the most profitable places in the world to [...]
Another public meeting has been scheduled to discuss the ethane processing plant Shell is considering building in Beaver County. As the Tribune-Review reports, the session is scheduled for Tuesday: Leaders with the Allegheny Conference on Community Development will speak from 7 to 8 p.m. at Central Valley High School’s auditorium. They also will talk about [...]
Shell is considering building a multi-billion dollar chemical processing plant in Beaver County. Pennsylvania’s pitch to the company revolves around two major tax breaks: a $2.10-a-barrel tax break on ethane Shell purchases from Pennsylvania drillers, and a 15-year tax exemption called a “Keystone Opportunity Zone.” As the Post-Gazette’s Pipeline reports, that second tax break translate [...]
Despite the Corbett Administration’s ongoing reminders that a Beaver County petrochemical plant is far from a done deal, Shell is moving forward with initial plans for an ethane cracker it’s considering building near Monaca. That’s what Shell representative Dan Carlson said during a public meeting in Beaver County yesterday, according to the Tribune-Review: Shell Oil [...]
Pennsylvania’s shale boom has drill rigs popping up all over rural parts of the state. Pipeline projects, truck traffic, and hotel construction has followed. Now, industry plans to build large-scale natural gas processing plants. State officials hope to create jobs. Industry wants a larger industrial infrastructure to develop the state’s shale gas reserves. Environmentalists wonder [...]
On Friday, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection filed a lawsuit and consent decree in federal court seeking to shut down a coal ash dump on the border of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. First Energy’s Little Blue Run coal ash impoundment pond in Beaver County takes toxic sludge from the company’s Bruce Mansfield coal burning [...]
As legislators prepare to vote on Governor Corbett’s $1.65 billion ethane cracker tax credit, PublicSource takes a closer look at the tax break that has already been signed into law: a “Keystone Opportunity Zone” expansion giving Shell a 15-year exemption from state and local taxes: Earlier this year, the Pennsylvania Senate introduced a bill to [...]
How much should a state pay to create jobs? Many people are asking that question, as Governor Corbett calls on legislators to pass a $1.65 billion tax break aimed at Royal Dutch Shell. StateImpact Pennsylvania traveled to Beaver County, to find out how the proposal is playing in the community where Shell is considering building [...]
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