BY FRANK ESPOSITO: JAN 5, 2020
Shell Chemical says the development of a major plastics and petrochemicals complex under construction near Pittsburg remains “important” to its overall global effort, despite a report that questioned its viability.
In an email to Plastics News, Michael Marr, Shell business integration lead, responded by saying that Shell’s chemicals business at Monaca, PA., “enjoys strong fundamentals” and that the Pennsylvania project “is an important part of our global effort to build-out new business models that will allow Shell to participate and thrive in the energy transition.”
He added that the project is particularly advantaged given its…
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