Petrochemicals derived from oil sit on store shelves in the form of plastics, fertilizers, detergents, and packaging.
Plastics could be a bigger source of greenhouse gases in the U.S. than the coal industry by 2030, if current production trends keep up.
Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry hopes the plant can bring a lifeline to a sector beleaguered by overproduction.
The company's petrochemicals business helped keep it in the black as oil prices stayed low.
