• Fabric Filter Market could be $4 Billion Larger if Catalytic Filter is Adopted
• Oil & Gas Sales Leads Headlines - August 15, 2014
• World Power Generation Project Headlines – Revision Date:  August 6, 2014

Fabric Filter Market Could Be $ 4 Billion Larger If Catalytic Filter Is Adopted

The world fabric filter systems market will be much larger in 2017 if catalytic filter technology is adopted. This is the conclusion of the McIlvaine Company in World Fabric Filter and Element Market. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

($ Millions)

The forecast without a major technology change is for 2017 fabric filter system revenues of $8.9 billion. This forecast assumes that electrostatic precipitators will remain the choice for coal-fired power plant operators. However, a new option has become available. The catalytic filter can remove particulate, NO_x and acid gases. If operated at 850^oF, it will allow for the maximum energy recovery. If operated at 500^oF, the materials of construction costs are lower and mercury can be removed. There are sorbents which can remove mercury at 500^oF but not 850^oF.

Power plants account for 50 percent of all the gas exhausted from the world’s industrial plants. Ninety-five of the power plants exhaust flows through electrostatic precipitators. New regulations in China, the U.S. and other countries are making it difficult to meet the new particulate standards with precipitators. These devices do not remove NO_x. They are not suited to remove acid gases and mercury even with large amounts of reagent.

One choice to meet the new regulations is to upgrade the existing precipitator, install an SCR system and install an FGD system. The cost to make these additions at a 500 MW plant is $200 million. For less than $100 million a catalytic filter system can be installed. Another benefit is more extracted heat and an efficiency improvement of 3 percent. This results in hundreds of thousands of tons less CO₂ being discharged.

Catalytic filters are proving to be reliable on difficult applications such as waste incineration. The only question is lack of experience on coal-fired applications. To further analyze this very attractive potential, McIlvaine has set up a free website on the subject:  Hot Gas Filters - Continuous Analyses

A series of webinars are being conducted. The next one is September 4, 2014.

For more information on World Fabric Filter and Element Market, click on:  http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/110-n021

OIL & GAS SALES LEADS HEADLINES

August 15, 2014

(Listed by most current date)

Saipem Awarded $750 Mln Engineering & Construction and Drilling Contracts  (Article Dated: 8/15/2014)

WorleyParsons Awarded $11.7 Bln EPCM Contract for TANAP Pipeline  (Article Dated: 8/15/2014)

GSA Wins EPCM Contract at Wingas Facility  (Article Dated: 8/15/2014)

Subsea 7 Awarded $460 Mln EPIC Contract in North Sea  (  Dated: 8/15/2014)

Petrofac Awarded the $970 Mln Reggane North Development Project  (Article Dated: 8/15/2014)

Mexico Needs New Crude Markets as U.S Shale Boom Changes Outlook  (Article Dated: 8/15/2014)

Marathon Oil Announces $2.7 Bn Sale of Norway Business  (Article Dated: 8/15/2014)

UOP to Supply Gas Processing Plant for PennTex’s Louisiana NGL Recovery  (Article Dated: 8/14/2014)

Entergy to Power PennTex Natural Gas Facility in North Louisiana  (Article Dated: 8/14/2014)

Hess Corp, North Dakota Officials Celebrate Expansion of Tioga Gas Plant  (Article Dated: 8/13/2014)

JDR Cable Systems to Open New Service and Maintenance Facility in Brazil  (Article Dated: 8/13/2014)

Petrobras Turns to Chinese Shipyards to Offset Production Delays  (Article Dated: 8/13/2014)

Petrobras Starts Production at Presalt Lula Well Using New Riser Support System  (Article Dated: 8/13/2014)

Aker Wins Petrobras $300 Mln Deepsea Manifold Contract  (Article Dated: 8/13/2014)

Lucid Energy Begins Construction of Permian Basin 200 MMcf/day Cryogenic Processing Plant  (Article Dated: 8/13/2014)

Saipem Awarded $4 Bln in E&C Contracts in Brazil and Saudi Arabia  (Article Dated: 8/13/2014)

Aggreko Signs Contract to Power Egypt Gas Project  (Article Dated: 8/13/2014)

Petrobras Starts Production on Platform P-62 in the Campos Basin’s Roncador Field  (Article Dated: 8/13/2014)

Mexico’s CFE Begins Tender Process for Two Gas Pipeline Projects  (Article Dated: 8/12/2014)

Coal and Gas Valve Markets are Interdependent  (Article Dated: 8/12/2014)

Chinese Coal-to-Liquids and Gas Program Could Completely Change the World Energy Markets  (Article Dated: 8/12/2014)

Mexico's CFE to Invite Bids for Five Natural Gas Pipelines Requiring $2.25 Bln investment  (Article Dated: 8/12/2014)

Energy Transfer Partners to Build Pipes to Take Natural Gas to Mexican Power Plants  (Article Dated: 8/12/2014)

Petrobras Receives New Maintenance and Safety Units in Campos Basin  (Article Dated: 8/12/2014)

Brazil Energy Official Says Oil and Gas Market Welcomes Chinese Investment  (Article Dated: 8/12/2014)

Pemex Awards Multi-year Seismic Survey Contract to GX Technology  (Article Dated: 8/12/2014)

Mexico Calls On GE to Modernize Oil Production  (Article Dated: 8/11/2014)

Mexico's Subsurface Presents New E&P Opportunities  (Article Dated: 8/11/2014)

Amendment Opens Mexican Oil and Gas Fields to Foreign and Private Investment  (Article Dated: 8/11/2014)

AMEC Granted a Five-year Contract with Kuwait Oil Company  (Article Dated: 8/11/2014)

CSM Orders Two Jack-up Rigs from Chinese Offshore Rig Builder  (Article Dated: 8/11/2014)

Canada Set to Provide India with Tools for Shale Gas Exploration  (Article Dated: 8/11/2014)

Natural Gas-eating Bacteria may Help Fight Oil Leaks  (Article Dated: 8/11/2014)

OriginOil Announces CLEAN-FRAC for Complete Frack Water Treatment  (Article Dated: 8/11/2014)

After 4 Years, Major Cleanup on the Kalamazoo River Coming to a Close  (Article Dated: 8/8/2014)

Asset integrity Specialists add energy Awarded Shell Contracts  (Article Dated: 8/8/2014)

Linde Expert Discusses how Energized Solutions Increases Productivity/Reduce Water Use in Hydraulic Fracturing  (Article Dated: 8/8/2014)

Valerus Awarded LPG Gas Processing Facility for Indonesia’s PT Maruta Bumi Prima (MBP)  (Article Dated: 8/8/2014)

Bitumen-only Trains Expand Reach of Oil Sands  (Article Dated: 8/8/2014)

Sunshine Sells Oilsands Assets to Raise $20 Mln  (Article Dated: 8/7/2014)

SK Innovation Accelerating Development of Non-conventional Natural Resources  (Article Dated: 8/7/2014)

Thai Energy Producer PTTEP Invests in Oilsands Tech Firm  (Article Dated: 8/7/2014)

Osum Buys Shell Alberta Oil Sands Project for $297 Mln  (Article Dated: 8/7/2014)

Energy Deals Rebound in 2014 as Shale Plays Surpass Oil Sands  (Article Dated: 8/7/2014)

Pipeline Dilemma Creates New Issues for Canada’s Oil Sands  (Article Dated: 8/6/2014)

CEO Jeff Immelt Says General Electric Wants to Clean Up Oil Sands  (Article Dated: 8/6/2014)

GE, Suncor $18 Mln in Technology Deals Could Help Reduce Oil Sands Emissions  (Article Dated: 8/6/2014)

TransCanada Receives Regulatory Approval for Northern Courier  (Article Dated: 8/6/2014)

Primrose Oil Sands Review Says CNRL Procedures Cause of Leak  (Article Dated: 8/6/2014)

Tar Sands Expansion Cools Down without Keystone XL  (Article Dated: 8/6/2014)

Cenovus Profit Triples as Oil Sands Production Increases  (Article Dated: 8/6/2014)

PetroChina to Seal Takeover of Athabasca Oil Sands Project by September  (Article Dated: 8/6/2014)

MasTec Expands Canadian Oil Sands Presence with Acquisition of Pacer Construction  (Article Dated: 8/5/2014)

Sinopec may Shelve Northern Lights Oil Sands Lease  (Article Dated: 8/5/2014)

GE Launches Global Ecomagination Innovation Challenge to Reduce Oil Sands GHG Emissions  (Article Dated: 8/5/2014)

Rising Demand and Low-cost Feed Spur Ethylene Capacity Growth  (Article Dated: 8/4/2014)

MHI Receives Order for Large-Scale Polyethylene Plant Project in TX from ExxonMobil Chemical  (Article Dated: 8/4/2014)

Chevron Phillips Chemical to Expand Alpha Olefins Capacity at Cedar Bayou Plant  (Article Dated: 8/1/2014)

Bechtel-Linde Consortium to Build Large-Scale Ethylene Plant at Baytown Complex  (Article Dated: 8/1/2014)

CB&I Wins Contract for Oman MTBE Unit  (Article Dated: 8/1/2014)

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WORLD POWER GENERATION PROJECT HEADLINES

This includes only projects where there was an update during the month. There are thousands of projects in the database.

New power generation projects are tracked in two publications. Fossil and Nuclear Power Generation includes both market forecasts and project data. World Power Generation Projects has just the project data.

Revision Date:  August 6, 2014

New power generation projects are tracked in two publications. Fossil and Nuclear Power Generation includes both market forecasts and project data. World Power Generation Projects has just the project data.

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