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Monaca Cracker Plant Still 'Under Study,' Exec Cautions
Wednesday, August 15, 2012PITTSBURGH – Although a preferred site has been chosen, several hurdles are yet to be overcome before Royal Dutch Shell commits $2 billion toward construction of a new ethane "cracker" plant near Monaca, Pa., a company executive said Tuesday.
"The cracker plant is still under study," Paul Ayoub, manager of the Appalachia Petrochemical Complex project, told a large audience at the Energy Inc. conference at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. "More must happen before it can become a reality,” he said.
Grant Funds Training Welders for Shale Industry
Tuesday, August 14, 2012BOARDMAN, Ohio – It wasn't your typical ribbon-cutting ceremony, particularly since there was no ribbon.
Instead, officials used a more appropriate material: a six-foot long steel pipe they cut into sections to celebrate an award of $130,530 in grant money for the training of a new generation of welders for the oil and gas industry.
“The best thing is that it is to get welders in this industry,” said Butch Taylor, president of Local 396 of the Plumbers & Pipefitters Union. "It's to give them the ability get into downhill welding or out on the job sites."
Anti-Fracking Activists Plan National Rally Day
Monday, August 13, 2012YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Network for Oil & Gas Accountability & Protection and Frackfree America National Coalition are coordinating a national rally day Sept. 12 to raise awareness of what the groups contend are serious risks to public health, safety, and well-being posed by the millions of gallons of toxic fracking waste produced by the shale drilling industry.