CRACKER PLANTS Mountain State May Still Be Home To A Cracker Plant
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Bethany Simmons
Also Contributing: Rachel Tarr
Reported: Jul. 17, 2012 12:58 PM EDT
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Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
West Virginia is still being considered for a cracker plant.
Several companies are looking at the state as a potential site. Secretary of Commerce Keith Burdette says he's signed non-disclosure agreements with three companies.
The plant would convert or crack a byproduct of Marcellus Shale Natural Gas drilling into a widely used chemical compound.
Earlier this year, West Virginia lost a bid to Pennsylvania in attracting a cracker plant to be built by Shell.
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