[thackney]

Exxon Mobil Chemical Corp.’s ethane cracker now under construction in the Houston area, will turn abundant, cheap shale gas into resin pellets

No, it doesn't turn natural gas into resin. The cracker turns ethane into ethylene (as stated by the same source in another article.

http://fuelfix.com/midland/2014/06/18/shales-bounty-ignites-us-petrochemical-export-boom/

Polyethylene processing units, at different plants, then take that ethylene to plastic resins. ExxonMobil will have a couple units in nearby Mont Belvieu.

[DaveA37]

All that will do is create more dependence on FOREIGN oil. Odumbo and the EPA will put a stop to anything that helps reduce our dependency.

[T-Bird45]

Sounds like a lot of work into the future for the heat exchanger and chiller unit manufacturers here in Tulsa.