Global Plastics

Natural Gas

The Rise of Natural Gas Production in America Is Increasing the Production of Global Plastics

On a quiet avenue overlooking Scotland’s largest refinery and chemical plant, Kevin Ross surveys the most recent outgrowth of the American oil and gasoline growth. Since 2016, natural gas from the U.S. has been feeding the Grangemouth petrochemical plant, an enormous advanced of cooling towers, flare towers, and pipelines. The fuel is initially harvested in Western Pennsylvania, despatched by means…