Monaca, Pa. — Shell Chemical ntseeg tias nws tau pom yav tom ntej ntawm polyethylene resin ua lag luam ntawm ntug dej ntawm Ohio River sab nraum Pittsburgh.
Qhov ntawd yog qhov uas Plhaub tab tom tsim lub tshuab petrochemicals loj heev uas yuav siv ethane los ntawm cov roj av shale uas tsim nyob rau hauv Marcellus thiab Utica bass kom tau ib ncig ntawm 3.5 billion phaus ntawm PE resin ib xyoo.Lub complex yuav suav nrog plaub chav ua haujlwm, ib qho ethane cracker thiab peb PE units.
Qhov project, nyob rau ntawm 386 daim av hauv Monaca, yuav yog thawj US petrochemicals project tsim sab nraum Gulf ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm Texas thiab Louisiana nyob rau hauv ntau xyoo caum.Kev tsim khoom yuav tsum pib thaum ntxov 2020s.
"Kuv tau ua haujlwm hauv kev lag luam tau ntau xyoo thiab kuv tsis tau pom ib yam dab tsi zoo li nws," kev koom ua lag luam tus thawj coj Michael Marr hais rau Plastics Xov Xwm ntawm kev mus ntsib Monaca tsis ntev los no.
Ntau tshaj 6,000 tus neeg ua haujlwm tau nyob ntawm qhov chaw thaum Lub Kaum Hli.Feem ntau ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm yog los ntawm thaj chaw Pittsburgh, Marr tau hais tias, tab sis qee tus ntawm cov kws tshaj lij kev lag luam xws li hluav taws xob, vuam thiab cov kav dej tau raug coj los ntawm Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Buffalo, NY, thiab dhau mus.
Plhaub tau xaiv qhov chaw nyob rau thaum ntxov 2012, nrog kev tsim kho pib thaum lig 2017. Marr hais tias Monaca qhov chaw raug xaiv tsis yog rau nws txoj kev nkag mus rau shale gas deposits, tab sis vim nws nkag mus rau txoj kev loj loj thiab txoj kev loj hauv xeev.
Qee cov khoom tseem ceeb uas xav tau rau cov nroj tsuag, suav nrog 285-foot txias ntauwd, tau raug coj los rau hauv Ohio River.Marr tau hais tias "Koj tsis tuaj yeem nqa qee qhov ntawm cov khoom no rau hauv kev tsheb ciav hlau lossis tsheb thauj khoom," Marr hais.
Plhaub tshem tawm tag nrho toj roob hauv pes - 7.2 lab cubic yards ntawm av - los tsim kom muaj av txaus rau lub complex.Lub vev xaib yav dhau los tau siv rau kev ua zinc los ntawm Horsehead Corp., thiab cov txheej txheem uas twb muaj lawm rau cov nroj tsuag "ua rau peb pib pib ntawm hneev taw," Marr ntxiv.
Cov ethane uas Plhaub yuav hloov mus rau hauv ethylene thiab tom qab ntawd mus rau hauv PE resin yuav raug coj los ntawm Shell shale ua haujlwm hauv Washington County, Pa., thiab Cadiz, Ohio.Txhua xyoo ethylene muaj peev xwm ntawm qhov chaw yuav tshaj 3 billion phaus.
Marr tau hais tias "S70 feem pua ntawm US polyethylene converters nyob rau hauv 700 mais ntawm cov nroj tsuag," Marr hais."Qhov ntawd yog ntau qhov chaw uas peb tuaj yeem muag rau hauv cov yeeb nkab thiab txheej thiab cov yeeb yaj kiab thiab lwm yam khoom."
Ntau tus neeg tsim khoom hauv North American PE tau qhib cov chaw tshiab loj ntawm US Gulf ntug dej hiav txwv hauv ob peb xyoos dhau los txhawm rau txhawm rau ua kom zoo dua cov khoom noj qis qis.Shell cov tub ceev xwm tau hais tias lawv qhov project qhov chaw nyob hauv Appalachia yuav ua rau nws muaj txiaj ntsig zoo hauv kev xa khoom thiab sijhawm xa khoom hla cov chaw hauv Texas thiab Louisiana.
Shell cov tub ceev xwm tau hais tias 80 feem pua ntawm cov khoom thiab kev ua haujlwm rau txoj haujlwm loj yog los ntawm Tebchaws Meskas.
Shell Chemical's petrochemicals complex nyob rau ntawm 386 daim av hauv Monaca, yuav yog thawj US petrochemicals project tsim sab nraum Gulf ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm Texas thiab Louisiana nyob rau ntau xyoo lawm.
Nyob rau hauv North America, Plhaub yuav ua hauj lwm nrog resin distributors Bamberger Polymers Corp., Genesis Polymers thiab Shaw Polymers LLC mus ua lag luam PE ua nyob rau hauv lub site.
James Ray, tus kws tshuaj ntsuam xyuas kev lag luam nrog lub tuam txhab sab laj ICIS hauv Houston, tau hais tias Shell "yog nyob rau hauv txoj haujlwm los ua tus tsim khoom PE tau txais txiaj ntsig tshaj plaws thoob ntiaj teb, yuav muaj cov nqi qis heev ntawm cov khoom noj khoom haus thiab kev ua haujlwm ntau lawm ntawm lawv cov neeg siv khoom lub qhov rooj. "
"Thaum [Lub Plhaub] yuav pib xa tawm ib feem tsim nyog ntawm lawv cov khoom tsim tawm, nyob rau lub sijhawm nws yuav raug siv los ntawm cov neeg siv khoom hauv cheeb tsam," nws hais ntxiv.
Plhaub "yuav tsum muaj kev thauj khoom zoo rau sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj thiab sab qaum teb hauv nruab nrab, thiab lawv muaj ethane tus nqi kom zoo dua," raws li Robert Bauman, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Polymer Consulting International Inc. hauv Ardley, NY Tab sis nws hais ntxiv tias Plhaub tej zaum yuav muaj kev sib tw ntawm cov resin. pricing los ntawm lwm tus neeg muag khoom twb nyob rau hauv lub khw.
Qhov project Plhaub tau ntxim nyiam rau thaj tsam tri-xeev ntawm Ohio, Pennsylvania thiab West Virginia.Ib qho zoo sib xws resin thiab feedstocks sib koom ua lag luam nyob rau hauv Dilles Bottom, Ohio, yog raug soj ntsuam los ntawm PTT Global Chemical ntawm Thaib teb thiab Daelim Industrial Co. ntawm South Kauslim.
Ntawm lub rooj sib tham GPS 2019 thaum Lub Rau Hli, cov neeg ua haujlwm nrog Shale Crescent USA Trade pab pawg tau hais tias 85 feem pua ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas kev loj hlob roj av los ntawm 2008-18 tau tshwm sim hauv Ohio Valley.
Lub cheeb tsam "tsim cov pa roj ntau dua li Texas nrog ib nrab ntawm thaj av loj," tus thawj coj ua lag luam Nathan Lord tau hais.Lub cheeb tsam "raws li nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm cov khoom noj khoom haus thiab nyob hauv nruab nrab ntawm cov neeg siv khoom," nws hais ntxiv, "thiab ntau tus neeg Asmeskas cov pej xeem nyob hauv ib hnub tsav."
Tus Tswv kuj tau hais txog qhov kev tshawb fawb xyoo 2018 los ntawm IHS Markit uas qhia tias Ohio Valley muaj 23 feem pua tus nqi kom zoo dua ntawm PE vs US Gulf Coast rau cov khoom tsim thiab xa tawm hauv tib cheeb tsam.
Pittsburgh Regional Alliance Thawj Tswj Hwm Mark Thomas tau hais tias kev lag luam cuam tshuam ntawm Shell cov peev nyiaj ntau lab daus las hauv cheeb tsam "tau tseem ceeb thiab nws qhov cuam tshuam yog ncaj qha, tsis ncaj thiab induced."
"Kev tsim kho lub tsev yog tso ntau txhiab tus kws tshaj lij kev lag luam los ua haujlwm txhua hnub, thiab thaum cog hauv online, yuav muaj qee qhov 600 txoj haujlwm tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo tsim los txhawb nws txoj haujlwm," nws hais ntxiv."Tshaj tawm qhov ntawd yog txoj hauv kev dav dav ntawm kev lag luam cuam tshuam nrog cov tsev noj mov tshiab, tsev so thiab lwm yam lag luam ntsig txog qhov project, tam sim no thiab yav tom ntej.
"Shell tau ua tus khub zoo los ua haujlwm nrog thiab xa cov txiaj ntsig zoo rau zej zog. Tsis yog yuav tsum tau saib xyuas yog nws cov peev txheej hauv zej zog - tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov cuam tshuam rau kev tsim cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv kev koom tes nrog peb cov tsev kawm qib siab hauv zej zog."
Plhaub tau tsis kam qhia tus nqi ntawm qhov project, txawm hais tias kev kwv yees los ntawm cov kws pab tswv yim tau muaj li ntawm $ 6 billion txog $ 10 billion.Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf tau hais tias Shell project yog qhov chaw nqis peev loj tshaj plaws hauv Pennsylvania txij thaum Tsov Rog Ntiaj Teb Zaum II.
Tsawg kawg yog 50 cranes tau ua haujlwm ntawm qhov chaw nyob rau lub Kaum Hlis thaum ntxov.Marr tau hais tias nyob rau ib kis lub xaib tau siv 150 cranes.Ib qho yog 690 feet siab, ua rau nws yog tus thib ob-siab tshaj plaws crane hauv ntiaj teb.
Plhaub tab tom siv tag nrho cov thev naus laus zis ntawm qhov chaw, siv cov drones thiab cov neeg hlau los tshawb xyuas cov kav dej thiab muab kev pom dav dav ntawm qhov chaw rau kev tshuaj xyuas.Kev tsim kho thoob ntiaj teb loj heev Bechtel Corp. yog Shell tus khub tseem ceeb ntawm txoj haujlwm.
Shell kuj tau koom nrog hauv zej zog hauv zej zog, pub nyiaj $ 1 lab los tsim Shell Center for Process Technology ntawm Community College of Beaver County.Lub chaw tam sim no muaj ob xyoos txheej txheem thev naus laus zis.Lub tuam txhab kuj tau muab $ 250,000 nyiaj pub dawb pub rau Pennsylvania College of Technology hauv Williamsport, Pa., kom tau txais lub tshuab moulding rotational.
Plhaub cia siab tias yuav muaj li ntawm 600 qhov chaw ua haujlwm thaum lub complex tiav.Ntxiv nrog rau cov reactors, cov chaw tsim kho ntawm qhov chaw muaj xws li 900-ko taw txias ntauwd, tsheb ciav hlau thiab tsheb thauj khoom, chaw kho dej, chaw ua haujlwm thiab chaw ua haujlwm.
Lub vev xaib tseem yuav muaj nws tus kheej cogeneration cog muaj peev xwm tsim tau 250 megawatts hluav taws xob.Purge bins rau resin ntau lawm tau ntsia rau lub Plaub Hlis.Marr tau hais tias cov kauj ruam tseem ceeb tom ntej los ua qhov chaw ntawm qhov chaw yuav tsim tawm nws txoj kev siv hluav taws xob thiab txuas ntau ntu ntawm lub xaib nrog lub network ntawm cov kav dej.
Txawm hais tias nws ua tiav kev ua haujlwm ntawm ib txoj haujlwm uas yuav ua rau thaj av PE cov khoom, Marr tau hais tias Shell paub txog kev txhawj xeeb txog cov pa phem yas, tshwj xeeb yog cov khoom siv yas siv ib zaug.Lub tuam txhab yog tus tsim ntawm Alliance to End Plastic Waste, ib pawg kev lag luam uas tau nqis peev $ 1.5 billion los txo cov pov tseg yas thoob ntiaj teb.Hauv zos, Shell tab tom ua haujlwm nrog Beaver County los txhim kho cov kev pabcuam rov ua dua tshiab hauv cheeb tsam.
Marr tau hais tias "Peb paub tias cov pov tseg yas tsis muaj nyob hauv dej hiav txwv," Marr hais."Yuav tsum tau rov ua dua tshiab thiab peb yuav tsum tsim kom muaj kev lag luam ncig ntau dua."
Plhaub tseem ua haujlwm peb lub chaw petrochemical loj hauv Tebchaws Meskas, ntawm Deer Park, Texas;thiab Norco thiab Geismar hauv Louisiana.Tab sis Monaca qhia txog kev rov qab los rau cov yas: lub tuam txhab tau tawm ntawm cov khoom lag luam plastics ntau tshaj li kaum xyoo dhau los.
Shell Chemical, ib chav tsev ntawm lub ntiaj teb lub zog ruaj khov Royal Dutch Plhaub, tau tshaj tawm nws lub npe Shell Polymers nyob rau lub Tsib Hlis 2018 ntawm NPE2018 kev lag luam qhia hauv Orlando, Fla. Shell Chemical yog nyob hauv Hague, Netherlands, nrog US lub hauv paus hauv Houston.
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Post lub sij hawm: Nov-30-2019