Jul 14 Energy & Environment Investor Pulls Out Of Proposed Belmont County Cracker Plant Daelim Chemical USA, a major investment partner in a proposed ethane cracker plant in Belmont County, Ohio, announced on Tuesday that it is exiting the project. In a joint statement with PTTGC America LLC, the Thailand-based company driving the project in the Ohio Valley, an executive said that despite Daelim’s withdrawal, the project remains a […] By Brittany Patterson Jul 14 Energy & Environment Investor Pulls Out Of Proposed Belmont County Cracker Plant Brittany Patterson
Sep 23 Energy & Environment Settlement Reached Over Proposed Ohio Cracker Plant Air Permit Environmental groups have reached a settlement agreement with a petrochemical company in Ohio to beef up air pollution controls at a proposed petrochemical plant along the Ohio River. Thailand-based PTT Global Chemical America and South Korea-based Daelim Industrial Co. have proposed building a multi-billion dollar ethylene cracker plant on a 500-acre tract of land in […] By Brittany Patterson Sep 23 Energy & Environment Settlement Reached Over Proposed Ohio Cracker Plant Air Permit Brittany Patterson
Nov 30 Energy & Environment Fracking’s Next Boom? Petrochemical Plants Fuel Debate Over Jobs, Pollution More than 100 people braved freezing temperatures to both listen and have their say in front of Ohio environmental officials at a recent hearing in Belmont County, Ohio. For the three dozen or so people who testified, the stakes were high. The hearing at Shadyside High School focused on a nearly 300-page, densely technical, draft […] By Brittany Patterson Nov 30 Energy & Environment Fracking’s Next Boom? Petrochemical Plants Fuel Debate Over Jobs, Pollution Brittany Patterson