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Shell Flares Chemicals at Beaver County Plant After Equipment Malfunction

By Reid Frazier
Published February 21, 2023 at 11:21 PM EST
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Shell says its ethane cracker in Beaver County suffered an equipment malfunction. As a result, the company flared gases at the plant Monday afternoon and evening. For StateImpact Pennsylvania, The Allegheny Front’s Reid Frazier reports.

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(Original air-date: 2/14/23)

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Reid Frazier
Reid R. Frazier covers energy for The Allegheny Front. His work has taken him as far away as Texas and Louisiana to report on the petrochemical industry and as close to home as Greene County, Pennsylvania to cover the shale gas boom. His award-winning work has also aired on NPR, Marketplace and other outlets.
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