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Pennsylvania Chemicals
Project Information
- Project Location:
- PA
- Status:
- Completed
- Structure Type:
- Manufacturing Plant
Scope Of Work
Pennsylvania Chemicals is a world-scale facility that will use ethane to produce 1.6 million tonnes of polyethylene per year. The project will involve up to 6,000 workers during its construction and is expected to employ 600 permanent employees when completed.
The ethylene / polyethylene complex will be located in the Ohio River Valley north of Pittsburgh. It comprises an ethane cracker and three polyethylene units, plus OSBL including a gas-fired combined cycle cogeneration unit and a large storage-in-transit rail yard.
Bechtel is the Main Works Contractor (MWC) for construction of the facility.
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