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Filtration and Centrifugation Insights No. 17 January 2014

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This bi-weekly Filtration and Centrifugation Insight provides excerpts from the McIlvaine Liquid Filtration & Media World Markets and Sedimentation/Centrifugation World Markets. It also provides excerpts from related publications. The market report provides the latest forecasts, market shares and insights relative to technology and opportunities.

· Detailed Coverage Of Gas Turbine Water Treatment In New End User And Supplier Programs

· North American Wastewater Treatment Plants Update Headlines –December 2013

Detailed Coverage of Gas Turbine Water Treatment in New End User and Supplier Programs

McIlvaine has a new decision system for gas turbine end users to help them make water treatment decisions. A program for suppliers provides direct interface with end users plus detailed project information. Clarifiers, gravity filters and other sedimentation and filtration equipment are needed for the boiler feedwater and the cooling water. There is also a substantial need to purify the water being used for fogging for intake air.

GE is installing its zero liquid discharge (ZLD) wastewater treatment system at two 758 MW combined cycle natural gas-fired power plants in Texas. The Panda Sherman and Panda Temple plants are expected to reduce incoming water needs by recycling and reusing more than 98 percent of its own cooling tower wastewater. Once commissioned, the Temple plant will use treated water from a nearby wastewater treatment plant, while the Sherman plant will use Lake Texoma. The ZLD systems will treat 450 gallons per minute of water for each power plant. GE will provide a brine concentrator and crystallizer for the Sherman plant and a brine concentrator for the Temple plant. Panda Power expects to have them in operation by the end of 2014.

September 6, 2012 – Bechtel, along with representatives from Panda Temple Power, LLC, an affiliate of Panda Power Funds, Siemens, and federal, state, and local dignitaries today celebrated the groundbreaking of the Panda Temple Project. The power plant, located in Temple, Texas, will be one of the cleanest natural gas-fueled, combined-cycle power plants in the United States. Bechtel and Siemens have formed a consortium to design and build the new combined-cycle power plant, which will generate 758 megawatts of electricity and power approximately 750,000 homes. Engineering, procurement, and manufacturing activities are already underway, and construction has begun.

“Bechtel is one of the largest employers of craft construction professionals in Texas and has hired more than 32,000 workers in the last 15 years,” said Jeff Brightman, president of Bechtel’s fossil business line. “We look forward to continuing our work in Texas putting skilled craft to work to complete this important project.”

The state-of-the-art facility will use the most advanced emissions-control technology, making it one of the cleanest, most efficient natural gas-fueled power plants in the nation. Commercial operations of the plant are expected to begin in 2014.

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Tel: (415) 768-1234
Fax: (415) 768-9038

Location: TX Bell County
Startup Date: 2015
Size: 650 MW
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Siemens	build

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AMERICAS

United States

Economists have revised their fourth quarter GDP estimates after receiving the news that the U.S. trade deficit has shrunk to its lowest level since October 2009.

Oil imports fell 1.9%, helping the deficit shrink to $34.3 billion (economists were looking for the deficit to come in at $40 billion).

Now some of Wall Street's top analysts are revising their fourth quarter GDP predictions on the news…….remaining text not included.

Mexico

Mexico is starting 2014 with renewed energies. After a messy year, in which Mexicans saw their GDP grow by quarters but still fail to reach the expected annual rate, President Enrique Peña Nieto’s administration is envisioning a much better outcome for this year……remaining text not included.

China

China's economy, the world's second largest, may have grown around 7.6% in 2013, its weakest growth since 1999, with latest economic figures indicating sluggish economic activities in the last quarter.

China's latest economic figures, especially the purchasing managers' index (PMI) in both factory activity and the services sector, indicated sagging momentum in December, with the country's growth softening slightly last quarter, economists said……remaining text not included.

Encouraged by a spurt in investment activities in the latter half of the fiscal year, Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram has said 2013-14 is likely to end with an economic growth of about 5%.

"These are some of the numbers we are looking at, at the moment ... new investment projects have risen to 4.9% of GDP in the October-December quarter from 3.6% in the previous quarter, which means investments are now beginning to take place," he told PTI in an in an interview. ………remaining text not included.

Malaysia

Decreasing purchasing power in Malaysia, particularly among middle-class households, could pull down the nation's private consumption growth in 2014 potentially impacting GDP growth in Southeast Asia's third-largest economy….the remaining text is not included.

Philippines

First Metro Investment Corp., the investment banking arm of the Metrobank Group, sees the economy expanding 7% to 7.5% this year, buoyed by increased public and private spending and rehabilitation efforts in calamity-affected areas.

First Metro chairman Francisco Sebastian said in a news briefing in Makati City that while 2013 was marked by destructive calamities and uncertainties in the global markets, it was the year when the Philippines achieved investment-grade status from three international credit rating agencies…..the remaining text is not included.

Singapore

According to Standard Chartered, based on advance estimates, Q4 GDP grew 4.4% y/y, down slightly from 5.9% in Q3. The performance was slightly weaker than expected…..the remaining text is not included.

South Korea

South Korea trimmed its growth forecast for next year while maintaining the economy will likely continue to pick up with fiscal spending at home and an international recovery.

The 2014 growth forecast was lowered to 3.9% from a June projection of 4.0%, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance said in a biannual economic outlook…..the remaining text is not included.

Taiwan

Principal government officials expressed their confidence that Taiwan's 2014 gross domestic product (GDP) will grow 3% in 2014, given that the global economy started to bottom out in late 2013.

The Legislative Yuan's Finance Committee reviewed amendments to the Law of Business Tax on Banks and Financial Institutions, while Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) Chairman Tseng Ming-chung and Minister of Finance Chang Sheng-ford responded to questions at the Legislative Yuan….the remaining text is not included.

EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

Kuwait

Kuwait's non-oil GDP is expected to grow at 4.5% in 2014 and 2015 compared to last year's 4% mainly on the back of high oil prices, large fiscal and trade surpluses and government’s vast financial reserve, said a report.

However, overall GDP will decrease by 0.6% in 2014 due to a projected fall in oil production, before rising by 3.1% in 2015, stated National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) in its report.

According to NBK, the soaring oil prices, large fiscal and trade surpluses, and the government’s vast financial reserves continue to provide a positive near-term backdrop for the Kuwaiti economy, it stated………………the remaining text is not included.

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Smaller Oilsands Firms Investors Seek Better Returns in U.S. Shale Plays (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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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