(Potter Twp.) Shell has no plans to fully restart production of The Shell Cracker Plant during the COVID-19 crisis but at least 500 Shell Chemicals workers will be back at Potter Twp.  ethane cracker plant by next week. An additional 200 employees will return gradually over the next week to join the roughly 300 workers already tasked with repairing and maintaining the petrochemical complex. More could return in the coming weeks. March 18, Shell temporarily suspended construction activities at Potter Township’s ethane cracker plant to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 amid public pressure.