Monaca, Pa. — I-Shell Chemical ikholelwa ukuthi ithole ikusasa lemakethe ye-polyethylene resin osebeni lomfula i-Ohio ngaphandle kwase-Pittsburgh.
Yilapho abakwaShell bakha khona inxanxathela enkulu yamakhemikhali kaphethiloli ezosebenzisa i-ethane esuka kugesi we-shale ekhiqizwa ezitsheni ze-Marcellus kanye ne-Utica ukwenza cishe amaphawundi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3.5 we-PE resin ngonyaka.Inxanxathela izobandakanya amayunithi amane okucubungula, i-ethane cracker kanye namayunithi amathathu e-PE.
Le phrojekthi, etholakala kumahektha angu-386 eMonaca, izoba iphrojekthi yokuqala ye-petrochemicals yase-US eyakhiwe ngaphandle kweGulf Coast yaseTexas naseLouisiana emashumini ambalwa eminyaka.Ukukhiqiza kulindeleke ukuthi kuqale ekuqaleni kwawo-2020.
"Sengisebenze kulo mkhakha iminyaka futhi angikaze ngikubone okufana nalokhu," kusho umholi wokuhlanganiswa kwebhizinisi uMichael Marr etshela abePlastic News ngesikhathi evakashele eMonaca.
Bangaphezu kuka-6 000 abasebenzi abebekule ndawo ekuqaleni kuka-Okthoba.Iningi labasebenzi livela endaweni yasePittsburgh, kusho uMarr, kodwa abanye balabo abasebenza ngamakhono anjengabasebenza ngogesi, abashiselayo nabafaka amapayipi balethwa bevela eBaltimore, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Buffalo, NY, nangale kwalokho.
AbakwaShell bakhethe isiza ngasekuqaleni kuka-2012, ukwakhiwa kwaqala ngasekupheleni kuka-2017. UMarr uthe indawo yaseMonaca ayikhethwanga nje kuphela ngokufinyelela kumadiphozithi egesi ye-shale, kodwa ngenxa yokufinyelela kwayo emgwaqeni omkhulu womfula kanye nemigwaqo emikhulu ephakathi kwezifunda.
Ezinye izingcezu ezinkulu zemishini edingekayo embonini, okuhlanganisa nombhoshongo wokupholisa wamamitha angu-285, kulethwe eMfuleni i-Ohio.“Awukwazi ukuletha ezinye zalezi zingxenye ngololiwe noma elolini,” kusho uMarr.
UShell ukhiphe lonke igquma - ukungcola okungama-cubic yadi ayizigidi ezingu-7.2 - ukuze akhe indawo eyisicaba eyanele yalesi sakhiwo.Le ndawo phambilini ibisetshenziselwa ukucubungula i-zinc yi-Horsehead Corp., futhi ingqalasizinda eyayivele isendaweni yaleso sitshalo "yasinikeza isiqalo esihle," kwengeza uMarr.
I-ethane uShell azoyiguqula ibe i-ethylene bese iba yi-PE resin izolethwa kusukela emisebenzini ye-Shell shale eWashington County, Pa., naseCadiz, e-Ohio.Umthamo wonyaka wokukhiqiza i-ethylene esizeni uzodlula amakhilogremu ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu.
"Amaphesenti angu-70 ama-polyethylene converters ase-US aphakathi kwamamayela angu-700 ukusuka esitshalweni," kusho uMarr."Lezo yizindawo eziningi lapho singathengisa khona amapayipi nama-coatings namafilimu neminye imikhiqizo."
Abakhiqizi abaningi be-PE yaseNyakatho Melika bavule izikhungo ezintsha ezinkulu e-US Gulf Coast eminyakeni embalwa edlule ukuze basebenzise i-feedstock ye-shale enenani eliphansi.Izikhulu zakwaShell zithe indawo yephrojekthi yabo e-Appalachia izokunikeza izinzuzo zokuthumela nezikhathi zokulethwa ezindaweni eziseTexas naseLouisiana.
Izikhulu zakwaShell ziye zathi amaphesenti angu-80 ezingxenye nezisebenzi zalo msebenzi omkhulu zivela e-United States.
Inxanxathela ye-petrochemicals ye-Shell Chemical etholakala kumahektha angu-386 e-Monaca, izoba iphrojekthi yokuqala yase-US yamakhemikhali kaphethiloli eyakhelwe ngaphandle kwe-Gulf Coast yase-Texas nase-Louisiana emashumini ambalwa eminyaka.
ENyakatho Melika, uShell uzosebenzisana nabasabalalisi beresin i-Bamberger Polymers Corp., iGenesis Polymers kanye neShaw Polymers LLC ukumaketha i-PE eyenziwe esizeni.
UJames Ray, umhlaziyi wemakethe wenkampani ebonisana ne-ICIS e-Houston, uthe u-Shell "usesimweni sokuba mhlawumbe umkhiqizi we-PE onenzuzo kakhulu emhlabeni jikelele, okungenzeka ukuthi unesivumelwano sefa eshibhile kakhulu kanye nemisebenzi yokukhiqiza khona kanye emnyango wamakhasimende abo. "
“Yize [abakwaShell] bazoqale bakhiphe ingxenye efanelekile yomkhiqizo wabo, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi izosetshenziswa ikakhulukazi amakhasimende esifunda,” engeza.
AbakwaShell "kufanele babe nenzuzo yezimpahla ezimakethe ezisenyakatho-mpumalanga nasenyakatho, futhi banenzuzo yezindleko ze-ethane," ngokusho kukaRobert Bauman, umongameli wePolymer Consulting International Inc. e-Ardley, NY intengo ngabanye abahlinzeki asebevele emakethe.
Iphrojekthi ye-Shell idonse ukunaka endaweni yezifunda ezintathu zase-Ohio, ePennsylvania naseWest Virginia.Ibhizinisi elihlanganyelwe leresin ne-feedstocks e-Dilles Bottom, e-Ohio, lihlaziywa yi-PTT Global Chemical yase-Thailand kanye ne-Daelim Industrial Co. yaseNingizimu Korea.
Engqungqutheleni ye-GPS 2019 ngoJuni, izikhulu zeShale Crescent USA Trade group zathi amaphesenti angama-85 okukhula kokukhiqizwa kwegesi yemvelo yase-US kusukela ngo-2008-18 kwenzeka e-Ohio Valley.
Lesi sifunda "sikhiqiza igesi yemvelo eningi kune-Texas enengxenye yomhlaba," kusho imenenja yebhizinisi uNathan Lord.Le ndawo "isekelwe phezulu kwe-feedstock naphakathi kwamakhasimende," wanezela, "futhi inani elikhulu labantu base-US lingaphakathi kwedrayivu yosuku olulodwa."
U-Lord uphinde wacaphuna ucwaningo lwango-2018 oluvela ku-IHS Markit olwabonisa ukuthi i-Ohio Valley inenzuzo yezindleko zamaphesenti angu-23 ku-PE vs. US Gulf Coast ngezinto ezenziwe futhi zathunyelwa endaweni efanayo.
Umongameli wePittsburgh Regional Alliance uMark Thomas uthe umthelela wezomnotho wokutshalwa kwezimali kwezigidigidi zamadola akwaShell esifundeni "ube mkhulu futhi umthelela wawo uqondile, awuqondile futhi ubangelwa."
"Ukwakhiwa kwalesi sikhungo kubeka izinkulungwane zabasebenzi abanamakhono nsuku zonke, futhi uma lesi sikhungo sesiku-inthanethi, kuzokwakhiwa imisebenzi eholela kahle engaba ngu-600 ukusekela ukusebenza kwayo," engeza.“Ngaphandle kwalokho kunamathuba abanzi ezomnotho ahlobene nezindawo zokudlela ezintsha, amahhotela namanye amabhizinisi ahlobene nomsebenzi, manje nasesikhathini esizayo.
"UShell ube nguzakwethu omuhle ukusebenzisana naye futhi uletha umthelela ozuzisayo ogxile emphakathini. Okungamelwe kushaywe indiva ukutshalwa kwezimali kwawo emphakathini - ikakhulukazi lawo ahlobene nokuthuthukisa abasebenzi ngokubambisana namakolishi ethu omphakathi."
AbakwaShell benqabile ukudalula izindleko zale phrojekthi, nakuba izilinganiso zochwepheshe zisukela ku-$6 billion kuya ku-$10 billion.Uhulumeni wasePennsylvania u-Tom Wolf uthe iphrojekthi ye-Shell iyindawo enkulu yokutshala imali ePennsylvania kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe II.
Okungenani ama-cranes angama-50 abesebenza kule ndawo ekuqaleni kuka-Okthoba.UMarr uthe ngesinye isikhathi isiza besisebenzisa okhreyini abangu-150.Omunye ungamafidi angama-690 ubude, okuwenza ukhreyini wesibili ubude emhlabeni.
AbakwaShell basebenzisa ngokugcwele ubuchwepheshe kulesi siza, besebenzisa ama-drones namarobhothi ukuhlola amapayipi kanye nokuhlinzeka ngemibono yasemoyeni yendawo ukuze ihlolwe.I-Global building giant Bechtel Corp. inguzakwethu oyinhloko we-Shell kuphrojekthi.
UShell naye usezibandakanye nomphakathi wendawo, wanikela ngesigidi esingu-$1 ukuze bakhe iSikhungo Se-Shell Sobuchwepheshe Benqubo eKolishi Lomphakathi lase-Beaver County.Leso sikhungo manje sesihlinzeka ngeziqu zeminyaka emibili yobuchwepheshe benqubo.Le nkampani iphinde yahlinzeka ngesibonelelo sika-$250,000 ukuze iPennsylvania College of Technology eWilliamsport, Pa., ithole umshini wokubumba ojikelezayo.
UShell ulindele imisebenzi ecishe ibe ngu-600 lapho isakhiwo siqedwa.Ngaphezu kwama-reactors, izinsiza ezakhiwa kule ndawo zihlanganisa umbhoshongo wokupholisa amamitha angu-900, indawo yokulayisha ujantshi namaloli, indawo yokuhlanza amanzi, ibhilidi lamahhovisi kanye nelebhu.
Le ndawo nayo izoba nesikhungo sayo sokuhlanganisa esikwazi ukukhiqiza amamegawathi angama-250 kagesi.Imigqomo yokuhlanza ukukhiqizwa kwe-resin yafakwa ngo-April.UMarr uthe isinyathelo esikhulu esilandelayo esizothathwa kule ndawo kuzoba ukwakha indawo kagesi nokuxhuma izingxenye ezahlukene zesiza ngoxhaxha lwamapayipi.
Noma iqeda umsebenzi womsebenzi ozokhuphula ukuhlinzekwa kwe-PE esifundeni, uMarr uthe uShell uyazi ngokukhathazeka ngokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki, ikakhulukazi lezo ezibandakanya imikhiqizo yepulasitiki esetshenziswa kanye.Le nkampani yayiyilungu elisungula i-Alliance to End Plastic Waste, iqembu lezimboni elitshala imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.5 ukunciphisa udoti wepulasitiki emhlabeni jikelele.Endaweni, i-Shell isebenza ne-Beaver County ukuthuthukisa izinhlelo zokugaywa kabusha esifundeni.
“Siyazi ukuthi udoti wepulasitiki awukho olwandle,” kusho uMarr."Kudingeka ukugaywa kabusha okwengeziwe futhi sidinga ukusungula umnotho oyindilinga."
AbakwaShell baphinde basebenzise izikhungo ezintathu ezinkulu ze-petrochemical e-United States, e-Deer Park, eTexas;kanye noNorco noGeismar eLouisiana.Kepha iMonaca imaka ukubuyela kumapulasitiki: inkampani yayiphumile emakethe yamapulasitiki wezimpahla eminyakeni engaphezu kweshumi edlule.
I-Shell Chemical, iyunithi yenkampani yamandla emhlabeni wonke i-Royal Dutch Shell, yethule uhlobo lwayo lwe-Shell Polymers ngoMeyi 2018 embukisweni wezohwebo we-NPE2018 e-Orlando, Fla. I-Shell Chemical izinze e-The Hague, e-Netherlands, nendlunkulu yase-US e-Houston.
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Isikhathi sokuthumela: Nov-30-2019