·       Industrial Boiler and Cement Plants are Making Their Scrubber Decisions in the Near Future

·       Oil & Gas Sales Leads Headlines - October 31, 2014

·       Refinery Industry Update Headlines – September 2014

·       Oil & Gas Sales Leads Headlines - October 31, 2014

·       North American Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Update Headlines - October 2014

Industrial Boiler and Cement Plants are Making Their Scrubber Decisions in the near Future

Of the 30,000 industrial boilers about 1000 are candidates for scrubbers to meet the MATS rule. 100 cement plants are also candidates.  These plants are tracked in N032 Industrial Emitters

OIL & GAS SALES LEADS HEADLINES

 October 31, 2014

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(Listed by most current date)

Dakota Gold Transfer – Plaza, LLC Announces New Crude Oil Terminal in North Dakota’s Bakken Shale  (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)

GE Invests $5 Mln in Norway Technology Solutions Center to Fuel Oil and Gas Industry  (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)

MarkWest Announces Expansion of Processing and Fractionation Infrastructure in Butler County, PA  (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)

Kinder Morgan to Expand Edmonton Crude Oil Rail Terminal Now Under Construction  (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)

PennEast Pipeline, Announces Project to Supply Marcellus Natural Gas to Mid-Atlantic Region  (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)

PA Governor and Panda Power Funds Break Ground on Second 829-MW Marcellus Shale-Gas Power Plant  (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)

Williams Announces Open Season for Transco Pipeline’s Diamond East Project  (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)

Dakota Plains and Hiland Crude Announce Bakken Gathering Pipeline to Pioneer Rail Terminal  (Article Dated: 10/30/2014)

Intervale Capital Acquires Recapture Solutions, LLC from Triten Corp  (Article Dated: 10/30/2014)

Apache Announces First Canning Basin Oil Discovery Offshore Western Australia  (Article Dated: 10/30/2014)

EnLink Midstream Announces 45 Mile Condensate Pipeline and Compression and Stabilization Facilities  (Article Dated: 10/30/2014)

Alfa Laval Wins SEK 80 Mln Energy-Efficiency Order in Canada  (Article Dated: 10/30/2014)

Alfa Laval Wins SEK 95 Mln Natural Gas Order to a U.S. Export Terminal  (Article Dated: 10/30/2014)

Seadrill Secures $497 Mln Rig Contract in Nigeria  (Article Dated: 10/30/2014)

Chevron’s CEO Sees Bright Future for Oil and Gas  (Article Dated: 10/29/2014)

Saddle Butte Launches Binding Open Season for Rockies South Pipeline  (Article Dated: 10/29/2014)

Scathing Report Details Canada’s Environmental Shortfalls  (Article Dated: 10/29/2014)

Oil Slump Means Canceled Projects as Investment Declines  (Article Dated: 10/29/2014)

U.S. ‘nano-genius’ to Head $20 Mln Oilsands Research Program  (Article Dated: 10/29/2014)

Europe’s Changing Political Climate Working for Canada’s Oilsands  (Article Dated: 10/29/2014)

Northern Gateway Pipeline Project Likely Delayed Beyond 2018  (Article Dated: 10/29/2014)

Alberta Energy Regulator Approves Pipeline from Fort McMurray to Edmonton  (Article Dated: 10/28/2014)

Kuwait Purchases Thirty Percent of Chevron Holdings in Canada’s Duvernay Shale  (Article Dated: 10/24/2014)

EU Abandons 'Dirty' Label for Tar Sands Oil  (Article Dated: 10/24/2014)

Pembina Shelves Pipeline Linked to Stalled Canadian Oil Sands Project  (Article Dated: 10/24/2014)

Sky Is the Limit for New Utah Oil Sands Tech  (Article Dated: 10/24/2014)

Alberta Energy Regulator Approves $3 Bln Grand Rapids Pipeline Project  (Article Dated: 10/24/2014)

AEV System Treats Oily Sand, Oily Sludge, Oily Millscale and Contaminated Sand and Soils  (Article Dated: 10/24/2014)

Pembina Pipeline Unveils Plans for $314 Mln Diluent Terminal Development in Alberta  (Article Dated: 10/24/2014)

Statoil Calls Off 40,000-bpd Canadian Oil Sand Development  (Article Dated: 10/23/2014)

Fort Hills Awards Oil Sands Contract Worth $1.3 Bln to Fluor  (Article Dated: 10/23/2014)

Oil Sands Companies to Adopt Voluntary Environmental Commitments in Canada  (Article Dated: 10/23/2014)

Excelsior Engineering Selected as EPCM Contractor by Field Upgrading  (Article Dated: 10/23/2014)

Thailand Awaits Vietnamese Decision on $22 Bln Petrochemicals Development  (Article Dated: 10/22/2014)

Saudi Arabia’s Advanced Petrochemical to Enhance Polypropylene Capacity in 2015  (Article Dated: 10/21/2014)

Egyptian Refining’s $3.7 Bln Mostorod Refinery Upgrade Underway  (Article Dated: 10/21/2014)

China's New PDH Plants Face up to Asian Propylene Glut  (Article Dated: 10/21/2014)

Engineers India Wins Order from Assam Petrochemicals to Start Methanol and Acetic Acid  (Article Dated: 10/21/2014)

Ineos Suspends Plans for U.S. Gulf Coast Ethylene Oxide Unit  (Article Dated: 10/21/2014)

Egypt to Invest $14.5 Bln in Petrochemicals and Refining over Five Years  (Article Dated: 10/21/2014)

Duqm Refinery Floats Tender for Petrochemicals Project  (Article Dated: 10/20/2014)

Asian Petrochemicals  (Article Dated: 10/20/2014)

Russia Petrochemicals Report Q4 2014  (Article Dated: 10/20/2014)UK's Ineos Extends Shale Gas Acreage with Eighty Percent of Scottish License  (Article Dated: 10/20/2014)

Univation to Become Wholly Owned Dow Unit in Deal with ExxonMobil  (Article Dated: 10/20/2014)

Tioga Delivers Specialty Pipe for LyondellBasell Expansion  (Article Dated: 10/20/2014)

CB&I to License, Design Polypropylene Unit for China Project  (Article Dated: 10/20/2014)

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REFINERY INDUSTRY UPDATE HEADLINES

September 2014

(Listed by most current date)

•                 GE‘s Compression Technology Supporting Total”s $1.3 Bln Overhaul to Expand and Enhance Its Antwerp Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/30/2014)

•                 BPCL Awards Contract to Technip for Kochi Refinery Expansion  (Article Dated: 9/29/2014)

•                 Pemex Awards $80 Mln Contract to Samsung for Ultralow-sulfur Diesel Project at Salamanca Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/29/2014)

•                 Valero, Tesoro could be Possible Bidders for Citgo Refinery Assets  (Article Dated: 9/29/2014)

•                 U.S. Refineries Reach Record Production Revenue Volumes in Mid-Summer 2014  (Article Dated: 9/29/2014)

•                 Quantum Energy and Bilfinger Westcon to Develop Multiple Refineries in the ND-MT Bakken Formation  (Article Dated: 9/29/2014)

•                 Report Says Louisiana is Sinking, Oil Refineries are Threatened  (Article Dated: 9/29/2014)

•                 Gulf Coast to Benefit from Refinery Retrofits  (Article Dated: 9/29/2014)

•                 Pemex Contracts Spain’s Técnicas Reunidas to Begin Diesel Program at Mexican Refineries  (Article Dated: 9/26/2014)

•                 Phillips 66 to Add Railcars to Move More Crude to Coast Refineries  (Article Dated: 9/26/2014)

•                 Pipe Repair to Shut Israel’s ORL Hydrocracker for September  (Article Dated: 9/26/2014)

•                 Neste to Install Biopropane Unit at Rotterdam Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/26/2014)

•                 Rosneft Commissions Isom Unit at Kuibyshev Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/26/2014)

•                 Catalytic Processes Could Yield Alternatives to Refineries, Ethane Crackers  (Article Dated: 9/25/2014)

•                 Spain's Tecnicas Reunidas Wins $500 Mln Order from Pemex  (Article Dated: 9/25/2014)

•                 Technip Awarded FEED Contract for New Refinery Units in Bahrain  (Article Dated: 9/25/2014)

•                 Turnaround Underway at Irving's New Brunswick Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/25/2014)

•                 Alon USA Receives Approval to Construct Bakersfield Rail and Refinery Project  (Article Dated: 9/25/2014)

•                 Egypt Expects $425 Mln from Islamic Development Bank, for Refinery, Airport  (Article Dated: 9/25/2014)

•                 Serbia’s NIS Plans Upgrades at Pancevo Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/24/2014)

•                 Planned Maintenance Under Way at ExxonMobil’s Baytown Complex  (Article Dated: 9/24/2014)

•                 ExxonMobil Plans Upgrade at Norwegian Slagen Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/23/2014)

•                 U.S. Merchant Bank to Buy Newfoundland Refinery from Korea National Oil  (Article Dated: 9/23/2014)

•                 Suncor Begins Planned Maintenance at Two Canadian Refineries  (Article Dated: 9/22/2014)

•                 Atyrau Refinery Modernization Project, Atyrau oblast, Kazakhstan  (Article Dated: 9/22/2014)

•                 Rising Distillation Capacity to Hasten Refinery Closures According to ESAI Energy  (Article Dated: 9/22/2014)

•                 CHS Plans Revamp of its Laurel Montana Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/22/2014)

•                 Rosneft Advances Planned Diesel Hydrotreating Complex at Syzran Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/22/2014)

•                 Xylem’s Godwin Pumps Restore Critical Operations at Flooded Argentina Ensenada Oil Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/19/2014)

•                 Petroecuador Begins Fourteen Month Phased Revamp at Esmeraldas Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/19/2014)

•                 Contract Awarded to KSB AG for Vietnam’s Nghi Son Refining Complex for Process Pumps  (Article Dated: 9/19/2014)

•                 SOCAR Builds Gas-cleaning Plant at Baku Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/19/2014)

•                 SOCAR Lets Contract to Hamon Thermal Europe for Baku Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/19/2014)

•                 Construction Begins on PDVSA’s Puerto La Cruz Refinery Revamp  (Article Dated: 9/19/2014)

•                 KBR Wins PMC Contract for Major Revamp Program at Omsk Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/18/2014)

•                 CB&I Awarded Contracts for Hydrocracker Complex in Russia  (Article Dated: 9/18/2014)

•                 Enterprise Products Begins Exporting Refined Products from Beaumont Marine Terminal  (Article Dated: 9/18/2014)

•                 Jacobs Receives Project Services Contract from BP  (Article Dated: 9/18/2014)

•                 Wison Commences Puerto La Cruz Refinery Deep Conversion Site Preparation Project in Venezuela  (Article Dated: 9/18/2014)

•                 ExxonMobil Announces Antwerp Refinery Investment of More than $1 Bln  (Article Dated: 9/18/2014)

•                 Commercial Production Begins at Chevron’s New Premium Base Oil Plant  (Article Dated: 9/18/2014)

•                 Monroe Energy, Bridger Agreement to Supply 65,000 Barrels of Crude Daily to Trainer Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/18/2014)

•                 Bakken Energy Subsidiary Nations Oil and Gas Signs LOI to Acquire Utah’s Green River Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/17/2014)

•                 Pemex Lets JV Contracts for Two Refineries  (Article Dated: 9/17/2014)

•                 Nigeria Deploys GE’s Mobile Gas Turbines at Its NNPC Port Harcourt Oil Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/10/2014)

•                 Technip Wins Program Management Consultancy Contract for the RAPID Project  (Article Dated: 9/2/2014

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NORTH AMERICAN MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT UPDATE HEADLINES

October 2014

ALABAMA

Hoover City Council approves $1.4 million for Repairs to Inverness WWTP

Jefferson County to Spend $2.5 Million for Odor Problems in Hoover, Bessmer

ARKANSAS

Tuckerman unveils Wastewater Project

ARIZONA

$2.1 Million for Flagstaff reclaimed Wastewater Project

CALIFORNIA

Fresno requesting Bids for Wastewater Plant Project

$16.5 Million for Mt. Shasta Wastewater Plant Upgrades

San Francisco planning WWTP Upgrade

U.S./Mexico announce $8.6 Million for Water/Wastewater Projects

DELAWARE

$54 Million for Wastewater Projects across State

FLORIDA

$3 Million for Lynn Haven WWTP Improvements

Port Charlotte requesting Bids for Wastewater Plant Expansion

Settlement likely over Lower Keys Sewer Injection Well

IDAHO

$18 Million for Blackfoot Wastewater Plant Improvements

ILLINOIS

$6.5 Million for West Frankfort WWTP Relocation/Upgrade

$2.5 Million for Wastewater Improvements in Decatur

$43 Million for Moline WWTP

INDIANA

Liberty receives Funds for WWTP Project

IOWA

$6 Million for Keokuk WWTP Upgrade

KANSAS

$20 Million for Newton WWTP

Ellis reviews Plans for WWTP Improvements

LOUISIANA

Leesville requesting Bids for Wastewater Project

MASSACHUSETTS

Harwich reviewing Wastewater Management Plan

MICHIGAN

$7 Million for Benton Harbor Wastewater Plant Project

MISSISSIPPI

Hattiesburg awards Engineering Contract for New WWTP

MINNESOTA

Kabetogama Township requesting Bids for WWTP

MISSISSIPPI

Florence requesting Bids for Wastewater Plant Expansion

MISSOURI

Brookfield requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements

Liberty contracts with Builder for New Wastewater Facility

Hornersville requesting Bids for WWTP Improvement Project

MONTANA

Flathead Regional to Study Wastewater Treatment

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Portsmouth to Study Options for Peace WWTP

NEW JERSEY

Another $75 Million for NJ's Drinking-Water, Sewage-Treatment Systems

NEW MEXICO

Las Cruces Wastewater Plant getting Odor Control Upgrade

NEW YORK

Lexington awards Wastewater Treatment System Bids

$19 Million for Olean WWTP

Bath plans Upgrades for Wastewater Treatment

Syracuse requesting Bids for WWTP Equipment

NORTH CAROLINA

Carolina Beach State Park requesting Bids for Wastewater System

OHIO

Shelby WWTP needs Improvements

OKLAHOMA

Bixby needs more time to Reach Wastewater Treatment Deal

OREGON

Canby requesting Bids for Wastewater Project

Madras requesting Bids for Engineering Services for WWTP

Coos Bay moving Forward with WWTP Upgrade

Washougal accepts Bid for WWTP Project

PENNSYLVANIA

Dunbar requesting Bids for WWTP Expansion

$23 Million for Worth Township Wastewater Project

Contract below Estimates for Lansdale WWTP Upgrades

Mount Jewett to sell Wastewater System

SOUTH CAROLINA

Spartanburg requesting Bids for Chemical Feed Improvements at WWTP

TENNESSEE

Winchester requesting Bids for Pump Station Upgrade

Cowan requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements

Knoxville requesting Bids for Water/Wastewater Project

TEXAS

Rogers requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements

Harris County requesting Bids for WWTP Construction

Aqua America acquires New Water/Wastewater Plants

Waco requesting Bids for WWTP Lift Station

Lago Vista requesting Bids for Water/Wastewater Study

West Travis County to Improve Sewer Systems

VERMONT

$9 Million for New Randolph Wastewater Plant

EPA puts off Lake Champlain Ruling till Spring

VIRGINIA

Washington County will expand Sewer Capacity

Danville requesting bids for Clarifier Rehab

WEST VIRGINIA

Berkeley County requesting Bids for WWTP Upgrade

Berkeley County requesting Bids for Inwood WWTP Upgrade

WISCONSIN

Fountain City needs WWTP Improvements

WYOMING

Sheridan receives Funds for WWTP Project

CANADA

Calgary requesting Bids for Wastewater Project

$550 Million for Annacis Island WWTP Expansion

New Plant will turn Edmonton's Wastewater into Fertilizer

Regina, Eastern Communities eye Regional Treatment Plant

$30 Million for Belleville Wastewater Project

BUSINESS NEWS

Pentair showcases Integrated Water Reuse, Wastewater Treatment and Flow Management Solutions at WEFTEC 2014

World Water Works to bring Groundbreaking Technology to Global Market

Aqua America New Jersey acquires Wastewater Systems in Burlington County

GTI awarded WWTP Project in Kentucky

Xylem to Demonstrate New Flygt Cloud-based SCADA Monitoring and Control Wastewater System

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