Ethane cracker plants will bring endless economic opportunities to our region and now is the time to get them up and running.

The sooner we get ethane crackers up and running in our region, the sooner our state can increase the benefits it sees from the natural gas liquid supplies we have. In West Virginia, most of the resources being developed from our shale basins from natural gas is being used for heating homes, fueling vehicles and burning on our stoves.

However, we also have an immense supply of natural gas liquids that will be a critical player in efforts to diversify our economy in other industrial sectors, in addition to what the natural gas industry has already managed to accomplish.

Natural gas liquids include substances like propane used for summer grilling, butane found in lighters and ethane — which is the base material for a huge number of plastics. And, in that ethane is the additional value to the natural gas found in certain parts of Appalachia that makes our region so special.

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