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· Lots of Scrubber Activity in Tar Sands, Refining and Oil and Gas
· GDP Update Headlines – January 2014
· Oil & Gas Sales Leads Headlines - January 6, 2014
· North American Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants Update Headlines – December 2013
Lots of Scrubber Activity in Tar Sands, Refining and Oil and Gas
The market for scrubbers in upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas is growing at close to double -digit rates. Steam generators for many applications require scrubbers to remove the SO2 and particulate from the burning of liquid and solid fuels. McIlvaine tracks all the projects in:
N049 Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining Markets and Projects
Here is one project update:
Foster Wheeler to Supply Steam Generating Systems for Alberta Upgrader
Foster Wheeler AG announced December 19 that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract by North West Redwater (NWR) Partnership for the design and supply of three model AG-5325 package steam generating systems located at NWR’s Sturgeon Refinery, Sturgeon County, Alberta.
Foster Wheeler has received a full notice to proceed (FNTP) on this contract. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed and the contract value for the FNTP was to be included in the company’s fourth-quarter 2013 bookings. Delivery of the new steam generating systems is scheduled to begin in the first-quarter of 2015.
“Our package steam generator designs employ proven techniques and components for attaining or exceeding performance standards while meeting applicable environmental regulatory requirements,” said Byron Roth, Chief Executive Officer of Foster Wheeler North America Corp. “With over 475 installations worldwide, we have earned our reputation as a supplier of high-quality, reliable and cost-effective package steam generating systems.”
The NWR Partnership is a joint venture between North West Upgrading Inc. and Canadian Natural Resources Limited, with each company owning 50% stake in the Partnership. The Partnership targets to build and operate a world-class bitumen refinery in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland, which will add significant value to the region’s bitumen resources in a responsible and sustainable manner.
GDP UPDATE HEADLINES
January 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AMERICAS
United States
Mexico
ASIA
China
India
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan
EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
Kuwait
Serbia
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 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'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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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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OIL & GAS SALES LEADS
January 6, 2014
(Listed by most current date)
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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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NORTH AMERICAN MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS UPDATE HEADLINES
December 2013
INDUSTRY NEWS
• Agriculture Secretary Announces Projects to Improve Water Quality
ALABAMA
• Geraldine Moves forward with Wastewater Project
CALIFORNIA
• Request for Proposals issued by Golden Hills to Study WWTP Problem
• $49.6 Million for New Paso Robles WWTP
• Malibu WWTP Projected to cost $41 Million
COLORADO
• $1 Million to Clean up Pueblo Water
CONNECTICUT
• $5.5 Million WWTP Improvement Project OK’d for Plainfield
FLORIDA
• Aqua America Sells Water/Wastewater Systems in Sarasota County
ILLINOIS
• $4.109 Million Approved for Quincy WWTP Repairs
INDIANA
• Mitchell Hires Donohue & Associates to Update WWTP
IOWA
• Storm Lake Accepts Bid for WWTP Project
• Sioux City approves Phosphorous Removal Study
KENTUCKY
• $10.6 Million for New Flemingsburg WWTP
MASSACHUSETTS
• Orleans Explores Options for WWTP
MICHIGAN
• Haring Township Planning New WWTP
MINNESOTA
• USDA helps fund Water/Wastewater Projects
• Wykoff Requesting Bids for Wastewater Treatment Plant
MISSISSIPPI
• Hattiesburg to Vote on WWTP Contract
MISSOURI
• Liberty Planning $95 Million Wastewater Plant
NEW YORK
• $24.7 Million for Watkins Glen/Montour Falls Regional WWTP Project
• Gloversville-Johnstown approves Bids for Equipment and Chemicals
• LaRay may Expand New Sewer District Plans
NORTH CAROLINA
• High Point awards $24.9 Million Contract for Westside Plant Expansion
OHIO
• Sunbury Wastewater Plant to Get New SCADA Computer
• Ashville Moves Forward with New WWTP
• Oregon City OK’s $6.2 Million Contract for WWTP
PENNSYLVANIA
• $25 Million for CHJA Expansion
RHODE ISLAND
• $250 Million for Phase II of Providence Wastewater Project
SOUTH CAROLINA
• Timmonsville, Florence Water Deal near Finalization
• St. Matthews Gets $4.2 Million Grant to Improve Wastewater Treatment Plant
VIRGINIA
• $24.5 Million for Strasburg WWTP Upgrade
• Rivanna Pump Station Construction Bids under Budget
• Aqua nears completion of $3.4 Million Water/Wastewater Infrastructure Improvement Program
• Planning Continues for Strasburg WWTP Upgrade
WEST VIRGINIA
• $47.7 Million for Berkeley County WWTP Upgrade
WYOMING
• State Board approves nearly $5 Million for Lander Wastewater Project
CANADA
• Bear River Wastewater to Smith’s Cove Treatment Plant
• Barrie Planning 3 Water/Wastewater Projects
• $71.2 Million for Trenton WWTP
• Hamilton gets $23 Million for Sewage Plant Project
• Victoria’s Sewage Sludge Plant Bidding Open
BUSINESS NEWS
• KAI Completes Country’s Largest UV Wastewater Disinfection Plant in St. Louis
• Metso introduces First Complete Advanced Optimizing Solution for Sludge Dewatering for Wastewater Treatment
• $3.2 Million in New Contracts for H2O Innovation
RECENT CHEMICAL BID REPORTS
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