The now-complete petrochemical facility cuts a striking contrast to this quiet backdrop. “It’s like the eye of Sauron.In 2014, when Jackie Shock-Stewart and her husband Matt Stewart first moved to
Shell’s new ethane cracker was supposed to be an economic “game changer” for Beaver County. But some of its neighbors are now fleeing its light, noise and air pollution–and the facility is facing two lawsuits.
Istanbul-based petrochemicals company Bayegan Group plans to boost domestic output of polypropylene by establishing a production facility in Türkiye’s.
Qatari state owned company QatarEnergy and US-Dutch corporation Chevron Phillips have agreed to build a joint large petrochemical facility producing alkenes and polyethylene materials worth $6 billion.