据OGJ10月10日报道称，壳牌阿巴拉契亚化学有限责任公司已经完成了其长期规划的基层石化厂的重大设备安装工作。该厂位于宾夕法尼亚州比弗县波特的镇俄亥俄河沿岸，目前正在建设当中。位于匹兹堡西北约30英里处。
壳牌表示，这座重达2000吨，高87米的淬火塔（这是宾夕法尼亚石化厂最大的淬火塔）于10月7日投入使用，现已完工。
自2017年11月对该设施进行主体建设以来，壳牌公司表示，公司还安全建造了三个与计划中的聚乙烯（PE）装置相关的反应堆中的两个，以及为冷却，消防和排水系统铺设了大约15英里长的地下管道。
壳牌的阿巴拉契亚石化综合设施旨在从附近低成本的Marcellus和Utica页岩乙烷中供应生产乙烯和聚乙烯，其中包括乙烷裂解装置，平均乙烯产能约为150万吨/年，三个聚乙烯装置，总产量为160万吨，以及用于电力和蒸汽发电，储存，物流，冷却水和水处理，紧急报警器和办公室的相关装置。
徐蕾 摘译自 OGJ
原文如下：
Shell unit advances construction at Appalachian ethylene complex
Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC has completed installation of major equipment at its long-planned grassroots petrochemical complex currently under construction along the Ohio River in Potter Township, Beaver County, Pa., about 30 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.
The heavy lift of the 2,000-tonne, 87-m tall quench tower—the largest piece of equipment for the Pennsylvania petrochemicals complex—was undertaken Since start of main construction Designed to produce ethylene and PE from nearby supplies of low-cost Marcellus and Utica shale ethane, Shell’s Appalachian petrochemical complex will include an ethane cracker with an average ethylene production capacity of about 1.5 million tonnes/year, three PE units with a combined production of 1.6 million tpy, as well as associated installations for power and steam generation, storage, logistics, cooling water and water treatment, emergency flare, and offices.
