Shell’s new Gulf Coast GTL facility would use natural gas to create cleaner-burning transportation fuels, such as natural gas-based diesel and jet fuels and other products.
An estimated $32m in road improvements associated with the project is said to address traffic that is generated by the construction and operation of the proposed facility.
Shell received a competitive incentive package from the State of Louisiana that would include a performance-based grant of $112m to reimburse costs associated with necessary public road improvements, land acquisition as well as other infrastructure costs.
The company will also receive the services of LED FastStart, the state workforce training program.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said Shell has pursued oil exploration and production in both Louisiana and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico for more than six decades.
"Today’s announcement is a historic new opportunity for Shell to potentially expand its manufacturing operations onshore in a world-class, gas-to-liquids facility in Ascension Parish on the Mississippi River," Jindal added.
Shell estimates the project to create up to 10,000 construction jobs.
