Beaver, Pennsylvania, cracking plant to continue flaring of gas. [View all]

[John1956PA]

The cracker plant opened for operation in November 2022. Its purpose is to convert ethane gas form the fracking fields to polymers which are used for the production of plastic bottles. Apparently, the influx of gas has been greater than the plant is able to handle, and some of the gas has to be wasted by burning it off in what is known as "flaring." The Beaver County Times published the article linked below. I was able to access it without a subscriber account. The article notes that numerous instances of releases beyond the plant's permits have occurred since November.

https://www.timesonline.com/story/news/local/2023/03/28/shell-expect-continuous-flaring-at-ethane-cracker-plant-during-maintenance-shutdown-beaver-county/70055541007/