Shell CEO Says PA Cracker Now Done, Gradually Coming Online

In June, a Shell executive told the Appalachian Energy Innovation Collaborative conference that the company's Pennsylvania ethane cracker project was 98% done and would be fully online within “a couple of months” (see Shell Exec Says Ethane Cracker 98% Done, Online “Couple of Months”). He was right. During a recent conference call with analysts about second quarter performance, Shell CEO Ben van Beurden said, "we're done building it" (referring to the ethane cracker), and that "we will indeed start bringing production on gradually" over the summer. Hot dang! We're deep into summer right now.

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