The 700,000 barrels a day of propane, ethane, and butane that Sunoco Logistics is preparing to send through its Mariner East 2 and 2X pipelines will spew out up to $3.7 billion of investments into the state’s economy, according to a new study cited in a Daily Times report by Leslie Krowchenko.

The study from London’s independent IHS Markit pinpoints the benefits of Sunoco Logistics tapping “the second-largest natural gas field in the world” and the prospects of also attracting new “cracker plants and petrochemical and plastics manufacturing,” the article explained.t

“Pennsylvania has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to develop and implement a strategy that will cultivate a manufacturing renaissance and transform our economy across the commonwealth,” said Gov. Tom Wolf.

“We must ensure that we make the most of this chance to create good-paying jobs for Pennsylvanians in the petrochemical and plastic industry.”

Read more about the study and Sunoco Logistics’ pipeline plans in the Daily Times here, and check out previous DELCO Today pipeline coverage here.