The plant is likely to bring thousands of jobs and more than $1 billion in investment just from Shell, which would take ethane from shale gas and reduce it to ethylene, a building block for plastics, according to a range of experts and observers. The draw is so large that Pennsylvania officials, including Gov. Tom Corbett, have been involved in a months-long, high-stakes competition with leaders in Ohio and West Virginia -- all candidates to host the plant.
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