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NEW YORK, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The expansion of the shale gas market could potentially drive significant benefits to the U.S. chemicals industry, including decreased raw material and energy costs, according to a new report released today by PwC US titled, Shale Gas: Reshaping the U.S. Chemicals Industry. In fact, another recent PwC report estimated that the potential impact of shale gas on U.S. manufacturing could enable U.S. manufacturers to lower their raw materials and...

ALIQUIPPA, Pa., Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lt. Governor Jim Cawley toured brownfields along the Ohio River today that once were home to a closed steel mill. They are now ready to serve new companies looking to do business with the proposed Shell ethane cracker. The 400-acre property is located along a 4.5 mile stretch of the Ohio River, 30 miles north of Pittsburgh and within a few miles of the proposed site of the Shell ethane cracker plant. "When we talk about the...

HOUSTON, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) announced today it is converting the feedstock for its Calvert City, Kentucky ethylene plant from propane to ethane along with increasing ethylene capacity from 450 million pounds per year to 630 million pounds per year. This expansion and feedstock conversion will enhance Westlake's vinyl chain integration and leverage low cost ethane being developed in the Marcellus shale area. In addition,...

Steve Adelkoff, President of RMG, explains how the pricing advantage of natural gas liquids as a petrochemical feedstock relative to oil has changed everything in the petrochemicals industry. This sustainable competitive advantage will make the Tri-State Region (PA, OH, WV) a world-class center of petrochemical production. Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) September 25, 2012 Steve Adelkoff, President of Renewable Manufacturing Gateway (RMG) and Chief Financial Officer of Aither Chemicals, LLC...

HOUSTON, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE:WLK) announced today that it will perform planned maintenance and an expansion of the Petro 2 ethylene unit at its complex in Lake Charles, LA in the first quarter of 2013. This expansion will increase ethane-based ethylene capacity by approximately 230 - 240 million pounds annually in support of the Company's ethylene integration strategy. The unit is expected to be down approximately 50 days for the work...

Commercial natural gas was likely major factor in late-20th century stabilization Increased capture of natural gas from oil fields probably accounts for up to 70 percent of the dramatic leveling off seen in atmospheric methane at the end of the 20th century, according to new UC Irvine research being published Thursday, Aug. 23, in the journal Nature. “We can now say with confidence that, based on our data, the trend is largely a result of changes in fossil fuel use,” said chemistry...

MONACA, Pa., Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett was joined today by elected state officials and representatives of labor and business to highlight the importance of continued state efforts to bring a petrochemical complex to Pennsylvania. The Governor detailed the steps the state has taken so far to secure this project and the challenges ahead. The proposed facility in Beaver County would create 10,000 construction jobs and more than 10,000 positions...

[ Watch the Video ] Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Researchers using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed that Titan has a layer of liquid water under its ice shell. During their study, they saw a large amount of squeezing and stretching as the moon orbited Saturn. They determined that if Titan were composed entirely of stiff rock, the gravitational attraction of Saturn would cause bulges, or solid "tides," 3 feet of height. Cassini reveled that...

PHILADELPHIA, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Members of Gov. Tom Corbett's Cabinet were joined by a coalition of supporters today to discuss the importance of bringing a petrochemical complex to Pennsylvania that would create 10,000 jobs in spinoff production and manufacturing industries while producing statewide economic benefits. "The benefits of employing more than 10,000 Pennsylvanians and lowering the raw materials cost for all Pennsylvania manufacturers far outweigh...

In the news release, Governor Tom Corbett Highlights Potential for Jobs, Economic Growth from Building Petrochemical Industry in PA, issued 20-Jun-2012 by Pennsylvania Office of the Governor over PR Newswire, we are advised by the Pennsylvania government that the fifth line of the Editor's Note, "Rick Stanizzo" was originally issued inadvertently and should read "Rich Stanizzo." In addition, we are advised that the sixth line of the Editor's Note, "US Steelworkers" was originally issued...