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Shell is still considering building a petrochemical plant in western Pennsylvania to exploit cheap gas from the Marcellus and Utica shales:

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303799404579282240264679768

The economics for such a plant are much less daunting than those for the kind of GTL facility Shell considered and rejected in Louisiana (#msg-94696485).