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    Washington Post: European industry flocks to U.S. to take advantage of cheaper gas

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Low natural gas prices from shale are sending European industry players to the US. BASF has announced plans for wide ranging expansion to the US.

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Washington Post: European industry flocks to U.S. to take advantage of cheaper gas

The sprawling chemical plant in this city along the Rhine River has been a jewel of Germany’s manufacturing-led economy for more than a century. But the plunging price of natural gas in the United States has European companies setting sail across the Atlantic to stay competitive.

German chemicals giant BASF, which operates the plant here, has announced plans for wide-ranging expansion in the United States, where natural gas prices have fallen to a quarter of those in Europe, largely because of American innovations in unlocking shale gas.  MORE