Since its launch in November, the Shell Polymers plant in Monaca, Beaver County has faced severe backlash from members of the community and watchdog groups like Eyes on Shell. “What we’ve seen in ...

Operations at Shell Polymers Monaca — the first major polyethylene, or plastic, manufacturing complex in the northeastern U.S. — have begun, its operator, Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC, announced ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Shell has announced that they will be building a state-of-the-art cracker facility in Beaver County. Beaver County commissioners got the good news over the phone at 6 a.m. After ...

POTTER TWP. ― In 2020, the Department of Energy predicted that Appalachia was “on the cusp of an energy and petrochemical renaissance” fueled by abundant shale gas. The agency saw the ethane cracker ...

TWO ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ARE NOW TAKING ACTION. DR. CLIFFORD LAW OF BEAVER COUNTY, MARCELLUS AWARENESS COMMUNITY AND EYES ON SHELL IS TESTING THE AIR QUALITY BY THE PLANT. IT PULLS THE AIR THROUGH ...

Shell PLC subsidiary Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC is nearing official startup of its long-planned Shell Polymers Monaca petrochemical complex atop a 386-acre site just southwest of Monaca, Pa., along ...

MONACA -- The arrival of Shell Chemicals Co. in nearby Potter Township could have big ramifications for Monaca, which is why borough officials are planning for the future in the form of a significant ...