There is so much excess natural gas in the US that they are building a plastics manufacturing plants to convert ethane to plastic. https://www.npr.org/2019/11/

There is so much excess natural gas in the US that they are building a plastics manufacturing plants to convert ethane to plastic. https://www.npr.org/2019/11/15/778665357/the-u-s-natural-gas-boom-is-fueling-a-global-plastics-boom https://www.npr.org/2019/11/15/778665357/the-u-s-natural-gas... The plastic industry is just an extension of the petrochemical industry. As oil and gas consumption for fuel drops, they are finding other outlets for production.