·        Factors Determining the Precipitator and Fabric Filter Markets

·        Precip Newsletter Headlines – January 2014

·        Oil & Gas Sales Leads Headlines – January 6, 2014

·        Chemical Update Headlines – December 2013

Factors Determining the Precipitator and Fabric Filter Markets

The markets for fabric filters and precipitators are dependent on a number of factors including:

1. How will Chinese and U.S. utilities meet the new particulate standards?   Only 10 percent of U.S. plants and 1 percent of Chinese power plants use fabric filters.  The new particulate regulations in both countries may require switching to fabric filters. Alternatively, if precipitator performance can be improved, then upgrades could be a route.   The McIlvaine market reports and Utility Tracking System continually address these questions.

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2. Will high temperature ceramic media change the industrial landscape?  The removal of particulate, NO_x and SO₂ with ceramic candles could be the answer for many industrial facilities around the world.  McIlvaine has been conducting webinars on this subject with speakers from Tri Mer and the Filtration Group.
3. How will the developing world address particulate emissions from dryers, kilns, and furnaces?  Historically, scrubbers were the low cost removal choice for all applications. Electrostatic precipitators are more efficient and have been the primary option for cement kilns and certain furnaces.  However, fabric filters are taking away market share in cement, iron and steel and other industries.

PRECIP 

NEWSLETTER 

January 2014
No. 456

Table of Contents

MARKETS

• Power Plant Operators Will Spend $8.5 Billion on Precipitators Next Year
• Investment of $790 Billion in Fossil and Nuclear Plants This Year
• Air Pollution Control Supplier Revenues to Exceed $44 Billion In 2014
• China Has Large New Flow Control and Treatment Opportunities

COAL FIRED BOILERS

• Idaho Power Asks PUC for Permission to Invest in Jim Bridger 3 and 4
• OG&E Loses Appeal on EPA’s FIP for Oklahoma
• The First Northeast Electric Power Engineering Corp. to Build 405-MW CFB Phividec Power Plant in the Philippines
• U.S. Treasury to Stop Financing Coal-fired Power Plants Worldwide
• Minergy Coal to Build 110-MW Power Plant in Misamis Oriental, Philippines
• Ncondezi Energy Has Partial Approval of 300-MW Moatize Power Plant
• Serbia’s EPS Plans to Add 350-MW Coal-fired Unit at Kostolac
• Bin Qasim 3 and 4 to Be Converted to Coal-firing
• Bid Submission Dates for Odisha, Tamil Nadu UMPPs (India) Extended
• Construction to Begin on 3,239 MW of New Power Plants in Bangladesh
• Kenya: 980 MW of Power Expected from Kitui’s Mui Basin
• Dynegy Gets Pollution Waiver for IL Coal-fired Power Plants until 2020
• PNM Selects Aconex to Support Environmental Upgrade of Coal-fired San Juan Station
• Hattat Enerji to Build Power Plants in Black Sea Area of Turkey
• Sakhalinskaya No. 2 (Russia) Expected to Be Online in 2016
• Still Problems with Coal Allocation in India
• BHEL to Supply Equipment for 500-MW Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Power Project in Uttar Pradesh, India
• Castell Interlocks Safeguard Sikeston Power Station

BIOMASS

• Iberdrola Wins Two Biomass-fired Power Plant Contracts in Canada
• CHE to Build 20 Rice Husk-fired Power Plants (10 MW Each) Across Vietnam
• 10-MW Heat and Power Plant in Babina Creda, Croatia
• Thunder Bay to Be Converted to Biomass-firing

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• “Wet vs. Dry ESP” – Hot Topic Hour on Thursday, November 21, 2013

REFINING

•  KC Cottrell Inc. to Supply Electrostatic Precipitator System to Delek Refining Ltd.

CEMENT

• FLSmidth Wins Large Operation and Maintenance Contracts in Nigeria

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OIL & GAS SALES LEADS

 January 6, 2014

(Listed by most current date)

Smaller Oilsands Firms Investors Seek Better Returns in U.S. Shale Plays  (Article Dated: 1/6/2014)

Keystone Opposition Expands Front in Oilsands Fight  (Article Dated: 1/6/2014)

Upgrader Plants Giving Way to New Oil Sands Technologies  (Article Dated: 1/6/2014)

Scale and Deposit Formation in Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) Facilities  (Analysis Dated: 1/6/2014)

Foster Wheeler to Supply Steam Generating Systems for Alberta Upgrader  (Contract Dated: 1/6/2014)

Imperial Oil Files for Regulatory Approval for New $7 Bln Oilsands Project  (Project Dated: 1/6/2014)

Kinder Morgan Applies to Expand Trans Mountain Pipeline  (Project Dated: 1/3/2014)

Shell Cancels U.S. Gas-to-Liquids Plant as Costs Rise  (Project Cancelled Dated: 1/2/2014)

Sasol Awards Technip a Service Contract for Louisiana GTL Facility  (Contract Dated: 1/2/2014)

Coal Seam Gas Expertise Supports Upstream Activities in Australia  (Contract Dated: 1/2/2014)

Alfa Laval Wins Offshore Oil and Gas Order from South Korean Company  (Order Dated: 1/2/2014)

California Issues Proposed Well Stimulation Requirements  (Article Dated: 1/2/2014)

Honeywell to Automate Systems for Kuwait’s Al Zour Refinery  (Project Dated: 1/2/2014)

China’s Guanghui Energy wll Invest $4 Bln in Coal-To-Gas Project  (Project Dated: 1/2/2014)

Technology Helps Recycle Texas Fracking Flowback, Produced Water  (Article Dated: 1/2/2014)

Samsung Engineering Signs $770 Mln Deal to Build Gas Terminal in Terengganu  (Project Dated: 1/2/2014)

Omni Water and Dow Partner to Treat 245,000 Barrels of Frac Wastewater  (Article Dated: 1/1/2014)

West Virginia Looks to Management of Fracking Water  (Article Dated: 1/1/2014)

Water Recycling Minimal but Growing on Texas Oilfields  (Analysis Dated: 1/1/2014)

Peregrine Midstream to Rebuild Wyoming's Ryckman Creek Gas Storage NRU  (Project Dated: 12/31/2013)

DOE Awards $84 Mln for Eighteen Carbon-Capture Projects  (Project Dated: 12/31/2013)

Alabama Rail Line Reopens after Crude-Oil Train Derailment  (Article Dated: 12/31/2013)

CB&I Wins Saudi Arabia Storage Project at Grassroots Refinery  (Project Dated: 12/31/2013)

Abu Dhabi's TAQA to Sell Dutch Pipeline Stake in $240 Mln Deal  (Sale Dated: 12/31/2013)

ExxonMobil Granted Extension to Work on Shut Pegasus Oil Pipe That Ruptured in Arkansas  (Article Dated: 12/31/2013)

NuStar Approves Phase II of South Texas Crude Pipeline Project  (Project Dated: 12/31/2013)

Magellan Extends Arkansas Pipeline Open Season for the Third Time  (Article Dated: 12/30/2013)

Russia's Transneft to Start New Pipeline Construction to Feed ESPO  (Project Dated: 12/30/2013)

Canada Sets $90 Mln for Quebec Train Disaster Decontamination  (Article Dated: 12/30/2013)

ONEOK Partners to Invest, Build Gas Plant and Expand Bakken NGL Pipeline in Williston Basin, Part 1  (Project Dated: 12/30/2013)

ONEOK Partners to Invest, Build Lonesome Creek Gas Plant and Expand NGL Pipeline in Williston Basin, Part 2  (Project Dated: 12/30/2013)

Williams Wins FERC OK for Transco Expansion  (Project Dated: 12/30/2013)

China Considers Pipeline Reform to Boost Gas Supply  (Analysis Dated: 12/30/2013)

Kurdish Oil May Be Flowing Through Turkish Pipeline within Weeks  (Article Dated: 12/30/2013)

Sun-Canadian Restarts Pipeline in Ontario after September Diesel Spill  (Article Dated: 12/30/2013)

House Backs Bill to Speed Natural Gas Pipelines  (Article Dated: 12/30/2013)

SPX Awarded Contract to Provide Oil Production Pumps for EnQuest's Kraken Field in the North Sea  (Contract Dated: 12/27/2013)

Cardon IV Awards Valerus Contract for Gas Conditioning and Condensate Stabilization Facility  (Contract Dated: 12/27/2013)

AMEC Awarded Contract for GDF SUEZ E&P UK’s Cygnus Operated Field in North Sea  (Contract Dated: 12/27/2013)

ConocoPhillips Announces Production Startup and First Gas from UK’s Jasmine Field  (Article Dated: 12/27/2013)

Valerus Awarded EQT Corporation Contract to Provide Compression for Marcellus Shale Facilities  (Contract Dated: 12/27/2013)

Foster Wheeler Wins Engineering and Procurement Contract for New Coker in Argentina  (Contract Dated: 12/27/2013)

L.A. Turbine to Ship Turboexpander Unit to Russian Gas Plant  (Project Dated: 12/27/2013)

Emera Completes Acquisition of New England Natural Gas Generating Facilities  (Acquisition Dated: 12/27/2013)

Vallourec Provides Connection Devices for CLOV Offshore Angola Exploration Project  (Project Dated: 12/26/2013)

Petrobras Signs LOI with Modec for FPSO in Santos Basin  (Project Dated: 12/26/2013)

Intermoor Wins Hook-Up Contract with LLOG Delta House Production Semi-submersible  (Contract Dated: 12/26/2013)

HII Technologies Announces Flow Back Equipment Purchase for Its Frac Water Management Subsidiary  (Article Dated: 12/26/2013)

Enterprise Starts up Eighth Mont Belvieu Natural Gas Liquids Fractionator  (Article Dated: 12/26/2013)

OriginOil's EWS Petro to Clean Frac Flowback Water at Monterey Formation via Frac-Back System  (Article Dated: 12/26/2013)

Gazprom Neft Awards China’s ZPEC Drilling Contract  (Contract Dated: 12/26/2013)

Petrofac Awarded $99 Mln Second Phase of Iraq Project  (Project Dated: 12/23/2013)

Expro Wins $50 Mln Contract for Further Expansion into Saudi Arabia  (Contract Dated: 12/20/2013)

Leighton Engineering Awarded New Contracts in Malaysia  (Project Dated: 12/20/2013)

Foster Wheeler Awarded FEED for Khurais Program  (Contract Dated: 12/20/2013)

Stork & Oryx Set up JV for Combined Technical Services Capabilities to Serve MENA Region  (Alliance Dated: 12/20/2013)

Australia Announces $580 Mln New Investment in Offshore Exploration  (Investment Dated: 12/20/2013)

SeaBird Exploration Awarded $16 Mln Seismic Contract in Asia Pacific  (Contract Dated: 12/20/2013)

Dolphin Wins Several 3D Seismic Contracts  (Article Dated: 12/20/2013)

Lamprell Delivers Caspian Sea Jackup Rig  (Article Dated: 12/20/2013)

Far East Energy Provides Shouyang Block Frac and Pumping Operations Update  (Update Dated: 12/19/2013)

Technip Will Perform Turnkey Contract for FMB Qatar Offshore Project  (Project Dated: 12/19/2013)

Petrofac and Italy’s Bonatti Awarded an EPC Contract over $650 Mln in Algeria  (Contract Dated: 12/19/2013)

Kinder Morgan, MarkWest JV Announce Open Season for NGLs Pipeline from Utica and Marcellus Shales  (Project Dated: 12/19/2013)

Global Implications of Shale Development  (Analysis Dated: 12/13/2013)

Technip, Subsea 7 JV Awarded $1.23 Bln Contracts for TEN Project Offshore Ghana  (Contract Dated: 12/13/2013)

Dart Energy Says Britain Should Consider Shale Gas Development  (Article Dated: 12/13/2013)

BP Commits $4 Mln with UT on Shale, Offshore Oil and Gas Technology Solutions  (Investment Dated: 12/13/2013)

MarkWest Announces Completion of Antero Resources Agreements to Expand Sherwood Complex  (Project Dated: 12/13/2013)

Crosstex’s Cajun-Sibon Pipeline Expansion to Connect LA Fractionation Facility to East TX Supply Lines  (Project Dated: 12/13/2013)

France’s ‘Fracking’ Ban to Remain for the Foreseeable Future  (Article Dated: 12/13/2013)

Canada Sets New Crude Oil Tests to Improve Rail Transport Safety  (Article Dated: 12/12/2013)

Phillips 66 to Expand Midstream Business with Proposed Freeport LPG Export Terminal  (Project Dated: 12/12/2013)

Texas Express Pipeline Begins Operations  (Project Dated: 12/12/2013)

Richfield Oil & Gas Increases Production Potential with Addition of Two Submersible Pumps  (Article Dated: 12/12/2013)

Solvay Extends Product Range in Oil and Gas Stimulation Market with New TOLCIDE 4FRAC  (Article Dated: 12/12/2013)

Foster Wheeler Awarded Feed Contract for Master Gas System Expansion Project in Saudi Arabia  (Contract Dated: 12/11/2013)

Baker Hughes Awarded Long-term Contract with PETRONAS Carigali  (Contract Dated: 12/11/2013)

China’s Sinopec to Acquire $3.1 Billion Stake in Apache Egypt Assets  (Acquisition Dated: 12/11/2013)

ConocoPhillips Announces Production Startup and First Oil from Ekofisk South  (Project Dated: 12/11/2013)

Dresser-Rand's First Small-scale LNG Unit Successfully Produces LNG  (Project Dated: 12/11/2013)

FortisBC Announces $400 Mln Delta LNG Plant Expansion to Power Transportation Sector  (Project Dated: 12/10/2013)

Shell, GE to Invest in First U.S. LNG Fueling Stations for Cargo Ships  (Investment Dated: 12/10/2013)

Mitsui Says Long-term LNG Contracts Basic Structure Linked to Oil Prices to “remain standard”  (Article Dated: 12/10/2013)

Spectra Energy Signs Pipeline Services Contract for LNG Production inTexas and Louisiana  (Contract Dated: 12/10/2013)

Keppel Shipyard, Golar LNG in Negotiations for a FSLV Conversion Project  (Article Dated: 12/10/2013)

U.S. Shale Boom Causing Slowdown in LNG Industry  (Article Dated: 12/10/2013)

Shell, GDF Suez to be Part of FLNG Terminal Project at Kakinada Deepwater Port  (Project Dated: 12/9/2013)

FLNG Conference to Highlight Spending that will Reach $70 Bln by 2020  (Conference Dated: 12/6/2013)

Sinopec, Apache in Talks to Invest in Canada LNG Project  (Project Dated: 12/6/2013)

Gazprom Projects First LNG Terminal for Kaliningrad Region in Late 2017  (Project Dated: 12/6/2013)

Chevron Drilling Planned Carbon Dioxide Injection Wells for Gorgon-Jansz LNG Project  (Project Dated: 12/6/2013)

Rosneft and ExxonMobil Award Contracts for Russian Far East LNG Project  (Contract Dated: 12/6/2013)

CCS, SDARI and Wartsila Collaborate to Develop LNG Vessel  (Article Dated: 12/6/2013)

QGC Awards Jacobs Contract for CSG to LNG Concept Study, Pre-FEED  (Contract Dated: 12/6/2013)

Russian Energy Minister Says No Call to Break Gazprom's Monopoly on Pipeline Gas Exports  (Article Dated: 12/5/2013)

Putin Approves Amendments to LNG Export Laws to Boost Russia's Global LNG Market Share  (Article Dated: 12/5/2013)

Asia LNG Buyers Meet to Discuss Joint Procurement Deal  (Article Dated: 12/5/2013)

Japan’s Top Shippers to Order Ninety New LNG Tankers Worth $17.6 Bln by 2020  (Order Dated: 12/5/2013)

Brazil's OGX Maranhao Changes Name to Parnaiba Gas Natural  (Sale Dated: 12/5/2013)

Australia's Origin Energy Agrees to Sell Gas to BG Group in 2014 and 2015  (Project Dated: 12/5/2013)

Tanzania May Build New LNG Export Facility by 2020  (Plans Dated: 12/5/2013)

France's Total Looks for Stake in Gazprom's Baltic LNG Project  (Project Dated: 12/5/2013)

CNOOC Applies to Canada’s NEB for LNG Export License  (Article Dated: 12/5/2013)

Cyprus, Total Sign MoU for LNG Terminal  (Project Dated: 12/4/2013)

EmiratesLNG to Build 9 mtpa LNG Terminal at Fujairah  (Plans Dated: 12/4/2013)

Honeywell UOP To Form Black & Veatch LNG Alliance for Off-Road and Transportation Fuel  (Alliance Dated: 12/4/2013)

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CHEMICAL UPDATE 

DECEMBER 2013

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 INDUSTRY

U.S. Chemicals Exports to Increase from Shale Gas Advantage

Shale Gas Makes U.S. Among Cheapest Places for Plastics Manufacturing

Brazil Ramps Up Fertilizer Production Amid Growing Agricultural Demand

COMPANY NEWS

Honeywell to Invest $300 Million to Build New Refrigerant Plant

Formosa Plastics Group Plans $2 Billion Expansion of Texas Operations

Norway’s Yara and BASF Plan Investment in U.S. Ammonia Plant

Solvay Divests PVC and Compounding Businesses

Kumho Petro Produces Carbon Nanotubes

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