Following Pennsylvania Gas to Scotland

The Allegheny Front’s Reid Frazier visited Scotland for StateImpact Pennsylvania as he follows the Marcellus shale gas overseas. Find all of his reports here.

Scotland is Turning Pennsylvania Shale Gas into Plastic. But What Happens to It Next?

Reid FrazierDecember 17, 2019

Plastic in the form of pellets and single-use products are polluting the ocean. Efforts to clean it up are underway.

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Uneasy State of Affairs: Scotland’s Use of American Shale Gas

Reid FrazierNovember 15, 2019

Despite a ban on fracking, Scotland imports shale gas from Pennsylvania for its plastics industry. This has some activists saying 'no fracking here, no fracking anywhere.'

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Ethane from Pa.’s Fracking Boom Is Fueling Plastics Production Overseas

Reid FrazierOctober 2, 2019

The plastics industry relies on dirt-cheap American shale gas to feed its chemical plants and the globe’s growing hunger for plastics.

Energy

In Scotland, Residents Say The Local Refinery And U.S. Shale Gas Keep Their Town Afloat

Reid FrazierSeptember 24, 2019

They depend on the refinery for jobs and business, but they say their town is neglected.

Energy

There’s no fracking in the UK, so U.S. shale gas fuels plastics and more

Reid FrazierSeptember 19, 2019

A moratorium in Scotland, a lukewarm public and tricky geology have kept fracking out of the UK. U.S. gas fills the gap.

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At a refinery in Scotland, a plastics evangelist says U.S. shale gas is vital

Reid FrazierSeptember 16, 2019

Shale gas from Pennsylvania is fueling a plastics industry in Scotland.

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Why I’m following Pa’s Marcellus shale gas to Scotland

Reid FrazierSeptember 13, 2019

Here's a hint: plastics.

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Following Pennsylvania Gas to Scotland

Scotland is Turning Pennsylvania Shale Gas into Plastic. But What Happens to It Next?

Uneasy State of Affairs: Scotland’s Use of American Shale Gas

Ethane from Pa.’s Fracking Boom Is Fueling Plastics Production Overseas

In Scotland, Residents Say The Local Refinery And U.S. Shale Gas Keep Their Town Afloat

There’s no fracking in the UK, so U.S. shale gas fuels plastics and more

At a refinery in Scotland, a plastics evangelist says U.S. shale gas is vital

Why I’m following Pa’s Marcellus shale gas to Scotland