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Royal Dutch Shell’s pipeline company is seeking commitments from shippers for a new ethane pipeline that will connect the company’s planned petrochemical facility in Beaver County, Pennsylvania with ethane from eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, reports the
Pittsburgh Business Times. The newspaper says the 92.3-mile Falcon Pipeline would run from Cadiz, Ohio, and Houston, Pennsylvania, to Beaver County to serve Shell’s new ethane “cracker” plant. Shell said pipeline construction will start in late 2018 and shipments of ethane could begin as soon as 2020.
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A pipeline owned by Shell that will connect the upcoming ethane cracker with ethane from Ohio and Pennsylvania will begin construction in late 2018, according to the multinational company.
The Falcon Pipeline is a 92.3-mile project between Cadiz, Ohio, and Houston, Pa.,
with both connecting to a point in Beaver County that is close to the multibillion-dollar petrochemical plant that Shell wants to build on the banks of the Ohio River in Potter Township.
Shell Pipeline Co. LP announced on Monday that it was seeking commitments from shippers on the ethane pipeline, which will carry at least 107,000 barrels of the chemical byproduct of natural gas to the plant. The shipping of ethane could happen as soon as 2020, according to documents filed on the Shell website.
“The new pipeline will enhance ethane supply while building new and reliable infrastructure in a strategic growth market,” said
John Hollowell, an executive vice president for Shell Pipeline,
said in a statement released Monday.