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Shale Gas U.S. Chemical Investment Linked to Shale Gas Reaches $100 Billion
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced that potential U.S. chemical industry investment linked to plentiful and affordable natural gas and natural gas liquids from shale formations has topped $100 billion.
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Washington/USA – As of this month, 148 projects valued at $100.2 billion have been announced. These projects – new factories, expansions and process changes to increase capacity – could lead to $81 billion per year in new chemical industry output and 637,000 permanent new jobs by 2023. More than half of the investment is by firms based outside the United States.
“This is a historic milestone for America’s chemical industry and proof that shale gas is a powerful driver of manufacturing growth,” said ACC President and CEO Cal Dooley. “Thanks to the shale gas production boom, the United States is the most attractive place in the world to invest in chemical and plastics manufacturing. It’s an astonishing gain in competitiveness.”
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One of these large projects is a new $1.3 billion polyethylene plant from Dow. The world scale facility should go on stream in 2017 and should reach a capacity of 750.000 t/a.
Other projects related to the shale gas boom can be find in GROAB the database for major plant engineering.
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