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Permalink Reply by searcherone on June 15, 2013 at 11:51pm

http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/586587/Natur...

Another article on possible cracker plant for WV; it is not looking positive.

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Permalink Reply by searcherone on August 27, 2013 at 1:27pm

Check the Antero Resources August presentation page 21 "Integrated Marcellus and Utica Midstream Infrastructure"     It is mostly Markwest processing plants.   With two symbols for proposed ethane crackers: Shell in Pennsylvania and this name I haven't heard before:  Braskem proposed ethane cracker site.  location Wood County, WV.

What does anyone know about this or this site?   Number of acres?  Location appears to be located right on Ohio River, nothing like barge transportation.  If this were to happen lots more pipelines would be needed for access to this site.

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Permalink Reply by searcherone on September 5, 2013 at 2:41am

The WV Governor continues to talk about a cracker for his state, but then this article goes into more about education than a cracker. But hey, I don't hear Gov. Kasich talking about a cracker for Ohio.

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Permalink Reply by searcherone on September 8, 2013 at 2:07am

Governor Earl Tomlin of West Virginia has commented this morning, Sunday September 8, 2013, on the West Virginia TV program, State Journal, that the possibility of a cracker in Wood County continues.  Tomlin says they are working to "nail down the feedstock for long term contracts".

My comment:  apparently this one in Wood County and the proposed Shell one in Pa are at the same stage in development:  securing feedstock with contracts.

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Permalink Reply by Trapper on September 8, 2013 at 2:37am

Interesting news. Coinciding with Shell's news of seeking Ethane contracts , sounds like you may be correct about the parallel in stages of development. Who is this Braskem?

Makes me wonder.....just how liquids rich are we really? These stacked plays must be rising stars on the radar screens of the industry. Maybe more lucrative than oil? The Post Gazette wrote that Shell will show bidders their plans for the cracker if they sign a non disclosure agreement first. Sounds like a little competition for the resource is brewing and that can only be a good thing for the royalty recipient!

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Permalink Reply by Philip Thackray on September 8, 2013 at 3:00am

Here is an idea of how much ethane the wet Marcellus and wet Utica can produce:

http://www.rbnenergy.com/no-particular-place-to-go-marcellus-utica-...

You may need to go here and click the Join RBN Energy button to get access to the article.  Free to join and a great site.  They have a new blog article every morning.

Regards,

Phil

 

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Permalink Reply by searcherone on September 9, 2013 at 3:15pm

Trapper:

Here is the answer to who Braskem is:  the largest petrochemical company in South America;  headquartered in Brazil.

http://www.bnamericas.com/company-profile/en/Braskem_S,A,-Braskem

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Permalink Reply by searcherone on September 9, 2013 at 3:50pm

And here are the locations and functions of Braskem in the United States;  one production site already in West Virginia;

http://www.braskem.com.br/site.aspx/Global-Presence-USA

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Permalink Reply by searcherone on November 30, 2013 at 6:42pm

Attaching this current article to this discussion started in June just to show that the media has been making comments about a cracker in WV for five months before it was officially announced.  Article posted is from today, December 1st.

http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/592775/Indus...

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