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Shale gas bonanza could extend to other industries

Houston Chronicle -- The shale gas boom could cut costs significantly for the chemical industry and ultimately benefit the apparel, electronics, machinery and other industries, according to a report released Tuesday.

The report by PricewaterhouseCoopers US suggests cheap natural gas liquids could even prompt some companies to move production back to the United States.

It already has spurred an estimated $15 billion in new investments in Texas chemical plants, according to Hector Rivera, president and CEO of the Texas Chemical Council.

Rivera said the rebound started as the nation began to recover from the recession.

"Here in the United States, it has been a game-changer and has created an opportunity for a lot of companies to make new investments in the United States, as opposed to overseas market

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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,650 Points:1,612,445 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 16, 2012 4:53:32 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse it'll be the same as with gasoline and diesel. Eventually things will run low.
jrs4125 Champion Author Indiana Posts:2,773 Points:594,670 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Oct 11, 2012 6:32:47 AM Ignore jrs4125 Report Abuse This will work for a while.
MAC48 Champion Author Dallas Posts:1,551 Points:769,545 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 6:05:53 PM Ignore MAC48 Report Abuse pittamon - First, no enterprise in their right mind would even think of significantly expanding existing plants or building a new chemical plant in non right-to-work states in this day and age. Second, the cost to operate a chemical plant increases as you look at plant sites further North from the Gulf Coast due to the greater number of cold days and the increased number of really cold days. Third, water borne transportation for raw materials and for finished product used to be and may still be the cheapest form of liquid (such as diesel, gasoline, crude oil, etcetara) or gaseous material product transportation followed by pipelines. wshutton - The states made plenty of tax revenue from the "old, abandoned, and unused wells in the same oil formations" and the states themselves should be tasked with sealing these old wells. It is certainly not a responsibility of the companies currently operating in the gas and oil shale fields to plug these old, abandoned, and unused wells unless the wells belonged to these entities in the first place.
wshutton Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:1,687 Points:928,095 Joined:Mar 2009	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 5:03:30 PM Ignore wshutton Report Abuse If we can get the frackers to seal old, abandoned, and unused wells in the same oil formations, fracking should work viably. Just as many straws draw from the same well, fracking pressure forces oil products out all straws, ready or not. Fracking a well field with abandoned wells blows the milkshake right out those wells.
A2J Champion Author Richmond Posts:3,090 Points:605,875 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 9:34:45 AM Ignore A2J Report Abuse gas to what ?
eschroth442 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:1,094 Points:335,670 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 7:19:29 AM Ignore eschroth442 Report Abuse lower cost energy fuels company growth and economic development. Drill for the gas and use it in our industries!!!
bar1035 Champion Author Charlotte Posts:9,179 Points:1,301,145 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 6:39:51 AM Ignore bar1035 Report Abuse Well said wegman. You should be required reading
pitamon Champion Author Philadelphia Posts:4,909 Points:1,828,835 Joined:Sep 2004	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 6:21:31 AM Ignore pitamon Report Abuse How about building those chemical plants closer to the NG?
teamsimons Champion Author South Carolina Posts:2,488 Points:505,045 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 5:56:27 AM Ignore teamsimons Report Abuse There is no doubt that natural gas is turning some business models on their heads. Let's hope that prices come down, jobs become more plentiful and the free market has an opportunity to thrive. Maybe it will one day replace gasoline on a mainstream level. If we're going to keep talking about natural gas, perhaps it's time for GasBuddy and SouthCarolinaGasPrices.com to have a "natural gas" tab at the top of their sections.
dogsdog Veteran Author Sacramento Posts:314 Points:31,840 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 5:56:12 AM Ignore dogsdog Report Abuse well said wegman
ReddevilNO Champion Author New Orleans Posts:3,386 Points:583,740 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 5:43:07 AM Ignore ReddevilNO Report Abuse Ok.
Cableman66 Champion Author North Carolina Posts:2,130 Points:493,845 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 5:41:28 AM Ignore Cableman66 Report Abuse Looks like all the new jobs are in the central part of the country border to border. Just follow the pipelines.
335d1 Champion Author Virginia Posts:2,396 Points:761,970 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 5:37:09 AM Ignore 335d1 Report Abuse I'll wait and see about that.
wegman Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,822 Points:2,091,475 Joined:Jun 2001	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 5:29:27 AM Ignore wegman Report Abuse The Law of Unintended Consequences CAN cut both ways. Normally it triggers negative repercussions, but it CAN spin positive benefits. This might be one of the rare positive cases. Much of the chemical industry (ESPECIALLY plastics) works with hydrocarbons. Very often, we start with petroleum and break the chemicals down into smaller chains (and then possibly recombine them into something other than the starting material). But you can start with simpler chemicals (and normally the natural gas products are smaller molecules than the petroleum stuff) and stitch them together. So we have a WIN-WIN-WIN for every rational American. Unfortunately, the Luddite Green Left isn't rational. Their crusade to halt fracking would trigger the normal result of the Law of Unintended Consequences - it would increase the number of things that cost MORE. SO, we need to defeat the Luddite Green Left's war on fracking. How??? On Election Day - FIRE LIBERALS!!! (and do NOT hire new ones). Unemploying Obama should be HIGH on the list.
WonderfulMI Champion Author Michigan Posts:11,665 Points:1,789,835 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 5:26:35 AM Ignore WonderfulMI Report Abuse This is self-evident.
cheapertvs Champion Author Richmond Posts:10,300 Points:2,744,645 Joined:Jan 2004	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 5:25:26 AM Ignore cheapertvs Report Abuse Great! We need all the petroleum related jobs here!
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dandvicb Champion Author Bridgeport Posts:1,243 Points:1,079,655 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 5:17:03 AM Ignore dandvicb Report Abuse cewrtainly won't extend to the middle class!!
bowler360 Champion Author Illinois Posts:1,990 Points:502,700 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 5:17:00 AM Ignore bowler360 Report Abuse It's the way to go, Cheaper for them means cheaper for end user,.......usually.
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76chevy Champion Author Toledo Posts:3,998 Points:771,260 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 5:16:30 AM Ignore 76chevy Report Abuse Now we just need to elect a good president instead of continuing the failed policies of the present.
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ponyNJ All-Star Author New Jersey Posts:528 Points:894,185 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 5:05:38 AM Ignore ponyNJ Report Abuse It will be an aid in our recovery if the government allows production to go forward. If they stop activity in favor of "Green Energy" then no help.
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