Monaca, Pa. - Shell Chemical kwenyere na ọ chọtara ọdịnihu nke ahịa resin polyethylene dị n'akụkụ Osimiri Ohio n'èzí Pittsburgh.
Nke ahụ bụ ebe Shell na-ewu nnukwu ogige petrochemicals nke ga-eji ethane sitere na gas shale emepụtara na basin Marcellus na Utica iji mee ihe dị ka ijeri pound 3.5 nke PE resin kwa afọ.Ihe mgbagwoju anya a ga-agụnye nkeji nhazi anọ, cracker ethane na nkeji PE atọ.
Ọrụ a, nke dị na 386 acres na Monaca, ga-abụ ọrụ mbụ mmanụ ala US wuru na mpụga Gulf Coast nke Texas na Louisiana n'ime ọtụtụ iri afọ.A na-atụ anya na nrụpụta ga-amalite na mbido 2020.
"Arụla m ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ ruo ọtụtụ afọ ma ahụtụbeghị m ihe ọ bụla dị ka ya," onye isi nchịkọta azụmahịa Michael Marr gwara Plastics News na nleta na nso nso a na Monaca.
Ihe karịrị ndị ọrụ 6,000 nọ na saịtị ahụ na mbido October.Ọtụtụ n'ime ndị ọrụ sitere na mpaghara Pittsburgh, Marr kwuru, mana ụfọdụ n'ime ndị na-azụ ahịa nwere nkà dị ka ndị ọrụ ọkụ eletrik, welders na pipefitter ka esitere na Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Buffalo, NY na gafee.
Shell họpụtara saịtị ahụ na mbido 2012, na-arụ ọrụ na-amalite na njedebe nke 2017. Marr kwuru na saịtị Monaca ahọrọghị ọ bụghị naanị maka ịnweta nkwụnye gas na-ekpo ọkụ, kama n'ihi ohere ọ na-abanye n'okporo ụzọ osimiri na etiti obodo.
Ụfọdụ nnukwu akụrụngwa achọrọ maka ụlọ ọrụ ahụ, gụnyere ụlọ elu jụrụ oyi nke dị ụkwụ 285, ebutela n'Osimiri Ohio."Ị nweghị ike iweta ụfọdụ akụkụ ndị a n'ụgbọ okporo ígwè ma ọ bụ gwongworo," Marr kwuru.
Shell wepụrụ akụkụ ugwu dum - 7.2 nde cubic yad nke unyi - iji mepụta ala dị larịị zuru oke maka mgbagwoju anya.A na-eji saịtị ahụ na mbụ maka nhazi zinc site Horsehead Corp., yana akụrụngwa nke dịlarị maka osisi ahụ "nyere anyị isi mmalite na akara ukwu," Marr gbakwụnyere.
Ethane nke Shell ga-agbanwe ghọọ ethylene wee ghọọ PE resin ka a ga-ebubata site na ọrụ Shell shale na Washington County, Pa., na Cadiz, Ohio.Ike mmepụta ethylene kwa afọ na saịtị ahụ ga-agafe ijeri pound atọ.
Pasent iri asaa nke ndị ntụgharị polyethylene US nọ n'ime kilomita 700 nke osisi ahụ," Marr kwuru."Nke ahụ bụ ọtụtụ ebe anyị nwere ike ịre n'ime ọkpọkọ na mkpuchi na ihe nkiri na ngwaahịa ndị ọzọ."
Ọtụtụ ndị na-eme North America PE emepela nnukwu ụlọ ọrụ ọhụrụ na US Gulf Coast n'ime afọ ole na ole gara aga iji nweta uru nke nri shale dị ọnụ ala.Ndị ọrụ Shell ekwuola na ebe ọrụ ha dị na Appalachia ga-enye ya uru n'oge mbupu na nnyefe karịa ebe dị na Texas na Louisiana.
Ndị ọrụ Shell ekwuola na pasentị 80 nke akụkụ na ọrụ maka nnukwu ọrụ a sitere na United States.
Shell Chemical's petrochemicals complex nke dị na acres 386 na Monaca, ga-abụ ọrụ mbụ US petrochemicals wuru na mpụga Gulf Coast nke Texas na Louisiana n'ime ọtụtụ iri afọ.
Na North America, Shell ga-arụ ọrụ na ndị na-ekesa resin Bamberger Polymers Corp., Genesis Polymers na Shaw Polymers LLC iji zụọ ahịa PE emere na saịtị ahụ.
James Ray, onye nyocha ahịa ya na ụlọ ọrụ na-ahụ maka ndụmọdụ ICIS dị na Houston, kwuru na Shell “nọ n'ọnọdụ ịbụ ikekwe onye nrụpụta PE kacha baa uru n'ụwa niile, ikekwe na-azụ ahịa nri nri dị ọnụ ala yana nrụpụta ọrụ n'ọnụ ụzọ ndị ahịa ha. "
Ọ gbakwụnyere, "Ọ bụ ezie na [Shell] ga-ebupụ akụkụ ezi uche dị na ya nke mmepụta ha, ka oge na-aga, ndị ahịa mpaghara ga-eri ya."
Shell "kwesịrị ibu ibu na ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ na ugwu etiti ahịa, na ha nwere uru ethane na-eri," dị ka Robert Bauman, onye isi oche nke Polymer Consulting International Inc. na Ardley, NY Ma ọ gbakwụnyere na Shell nwere ike ịma aka na resin. ọnụ ahịa nke ndị ọzọ na-ebubata ahịa ugbua n'ahịa.
Ọrụ Shell adọtala uche gaa na mpaghara atọ nke Ohio, Pennsylvania na West Virginia.PTT Global Chemical nke Thailand na Daelim Industrial Co. nke South Korea na-enyocha resin na feedstocks yiri nke ahụ na Dilles Bottom, Ohio.
Na ogbako GPS 2019 na June, ndị ọrụ otu Shale Crescent USA Trade kwuru na pasenti 85 nke uto gas sitere na US sitere na 2008-18 mere na ndagwurugwu Ohio.
Mpaghara "na-emepụta gas ndị ọzọ karịa Texas na ọkara nke oke ala," onye njikwa azụmaahịa Nathan Lord kwuru.Mpaghara "dabere na n'elu feedstock na n'etiti ndị ahịa," ka ọ gbakwụnyere, "na ọnụ ọgụgụ buru ibu nke US bi n'ime ụgbọ ala otu ụbọchị."
Onyenwe anyị kwukwara ihe ọmụmụ 2018 sitere na IHS Markit nke gosiri na Ohio Valley nwere uru 23 pasent na-eri na PE vs US Gulf Coast maka ihe mere na mbupu n'otu mpaghara.
Onye isi oche Pittsburgh Regional Alliance Mark Thomas kwuru na mmetụta akụ na ụba nke Shell nwere ọtụtụ ijeri dollar itinye ego na mpaghara ahụ "a dị ịrịba ama na mmetụta ya bụ kpọmkwem, na-apụtaghị ìhè na nke kpaliri."
"Mwube nke ihe owuwu a na-etinye puku kwuru puku ndị ọkachamara n'ịzụ ahịa na-arụ ọrụ kwa ụbọchị, ma ozugbo ụlọ ọrụ ahụ dị n'ịntanetị, a ga-enwe ụfọdụ ọrụ 600 na-akwụ ụgwọ nke ọma iji kwado ọrụ ya," ka ọ gbakwụnyere."E wezụga nke ahụ bụ ohere akụ na ụba sara mbara jikọtara ya na ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ ọhụrụ, ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ na azụmahịa ndị ọzọ metụtara ọrụ ahụ, ugbu a na n'ọdịnihu.
"Shell abụrụla ezigbo onye mmekọ ya na ya na-arụkọ ọrụ ma na-ebute mmetụta bara uru na-elekwasị anya na obodo. Aghara ileghara ya anya bụ itinye ego ya na obodo - karịsịa ndị metụtara ịzụlite ndị ọrụ na mmekorita ya na kọleji obodo anyị."
Shell ajụla ikpughe ọnụ ahịa ọrụ a, n'agbanyeghị na atụmatụ sitere na ndị ọkachamara sitere na ijeri $ 6 ruo ijeri $ 10.Gọvanọ Pennsylvania Tom Wolf ekwuola na ọrụ Shell bụ ebe kacha etinye ego na Pennsylvania kemgbe Agha IIwa nke Abụọ.
Opekempe cranes 50 nọ na-arụ ọrụ na saịtị ahụ na mbido October.Marr kwuru na n'otu oge saịtị ahụ na-eji cranes 150.Otu dị mita 690 n'ogologo, na-eme ka ọ bụrụ kreen nke abụọ kachasị ogologo n'ụwa.
Shell na-eji teknụzụ eme ihe n'ụzọ zuru oke na saịtị ahụ, na-eji drones na robots na-elele pipeline na iji nye echiche ikuku nke akụrụngwa maka nyocha.Nnukwu ihe owuwu zuru ụwa ọnụ Bechtel Corp bụ onye isi Shell na-arụ ọrụ a.
Shell etinyekwala aka na obodo, na-enye $1 nde iji mepụta Shell Center for Process Technology na Community College of Beaver County.Ebe etiti ahụ na-enye ogo teknụzụ usoro afọ abụọ ugbu a.Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ nyekwara onyinye $250,000 iji kwe ka Collegelọ Akwụkwọ Nkà na ụzụ Pennsylvania dị na Williamsport, Pa., nweta igwe na-agbanwe agbanwe.
Shell na-atụ anya ihe dị ka ọrụ 600 na saịtị mgbe emechara ogige ahụ.Na mgbakwunye na reactors, ụlọ ọrụ ndị a na-arụ na saịtị ahụ gụnyere ụlọ elu jụrụ oyi nke dị mita 900, ebe a na-ebunye ụgbọ okporo ígwè na gwongworo, ebe a na-edozi mmiri, ụlọ ọrụ na ụlọ nyocha.
Saịtị a ga-enwekwa ụlọ ọrụ na-emekọ ihe nke nwere ike imepụta megawatts ọkụ eletrik 250.Awụnyere ihe mkpocha maka mmepụta resin n'April.Marr kwuru na nzọụkwụ ọzọ dị mkpa a ga-eme na saịtị ahụ ga-abụ ịmepụta ọkụ eletrik ya na iji netwọk ọkpọkọ jikọọ akụkụ dị iche iche nke saịtị ahụ.
Ọbụlagodi ka ọ na-arụcha ọrụ na oru ngo nke ga-abawanye PE mpaghara, Marr kwuru na Shell maara nchegbu banyere mmetọ rọba, ọkachasị ndị metụtara ngwaahịa rọba na-eji otu eme ihe.Firmlọ ọrụ ahụ bụ onye guzobere Alliance to End Plastic Waste, otu ụlọ ọrụ na-etinye ego ijeri $1.5 iji belata mkpofu rọba n'ụwa niile.Na mpaghara, Shell na Beaver County na-arụkọ ọrụ iji kwalite mmemme imegharị ihe na mpaghara ahụ.
"Anyị maara na ihe mkpofu plastik adịghị n'oké osimiri," Marr kwuru."Ọ dị mkpa ka a na-emegharị ihe ọzọ na anyị kwesịrị ịmalite akụ na ụba okirikiri ọzọ."
Shell na-arụkwa nnukwu ụlọ ọrụ petrochemical atọ na United States, na Deer Park, Texas;na Norco na Geismar na Louisiana.Mana Monaca na-egosipụta nlọghachi na rọba: ụlọ ọrụ ahụ apụọla n'ahịa ngwaahịa plastik ihe karịrị afọ iri gara aga.
Shell Chemical, otu nke ụlọ ọrụ ike zuru ụwa ọnụ Royal Dutch Shell, wepụtara akara Shell Polymers ya na Mee 2018 na ihe ngosi azụmaahịa NPE2018 na Orlando, Fla. Shell Chemical dabere na Hague, Netherlands, yana isi ụlọ ọrụ US na Houston.
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Oge nzipu: Nov-30-2019