Thirty New Municipal Wastewater Projects Per Week in North America

There are more than 30 new municipal wastewater projects initiated per week in the U.S. and Canada according to the McIlvaine Company who tracks these projects in North America Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities and People. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

Many of these projects are active for five years or more. This results in thousands of active projects at any one point in time. These projects range from modifications to small plants to construction of new large 400 mgd facilities. The new facilities are generally located in the south and west and are to meet the population expansion. However, new plants are being slated to replace older plants in regions where the population is not growing.

One major project is to replace a plant which is more than 100 years old and has only been modified to extend its life. In general, replacing old plants with new ones results in the lowest overall cost. Many old plants do not have the modern digital controls which can provide greater efficiency. Newer equipment designs such as membrane contactors have only been available for the last twenty years.

Odor control is another aspect which is much more cost effectively accomplished with a new plant. The cost of odor control is more a function of the air volume treated than the concentration of contaminant. Older plants require much more capture air than new ones which are designed with air minimization as a goal.

In the future there will be more projects directed at reusing municipal treated wastewater. There are at least ten current projects where combined cycle power plants are being built with the intention of using the discharge from the local MWTP.

One area where the projects are mostly at a small scale is the analysis and removal of contaminant of emerging concern (CEC). There is work going on to evaluate pharmaceuticals and personal care products.  Southern California is concerned about the environmental impact of more than one billion gallons of treated wastewater which is discharged daily into the ocean from municipalities.

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 China Can Remove Mercury at Low Cost Thanks to U.S. Developments

In order to meet tough regulations in the U.S. technology developers have made great strides in creating low cost routes to achieve mercury removal from power plant exhausts. The cost is especially low if the plant already has a scrubber. China is installing scrubbers on nearly all its plants. As a result China can remove mercury with just a tiny percent increase in its air pollution control investment and operating cost.

There have been some very significant recent breakthroughs which need to be communicated to the Chinese policy makers. To this end, McIlvaine conducted a webinar last week in Mandarin Chinese with two FGD experts. A presentation on removal technology was made by Bobby Chen of CBI Shaw. Questions and discussion were provided by Shiaw Tseng of Graymont. This presentation in Mandarin is available as a recording in the McIlvaine Global Decisions Orchard and on YouTube.

McIlvaine Global Decisions Orchard: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=573

YouTube:  http://youtu.be/ldq33k5UWTs

U.S. power plants emitted 100,000 lbs of mercury per year prior to the regulations. By 2016 emissions will have been reduced by more than 80,000 lbs per year. China operates four times as many coal-fired boilers as the U.S., and five times as many cement plants. The potential Chinese reductions are much more significant than those in the U.S. Mercury is a world traveler. Gold mines in Brazil are emitting mercury which has been tracked to the arctic, so this is a global problem and needs a global solution. China has demonstrated a willingness to spend a great deal to improve the environment, so it is likely that they will take advantage of this opportunity when the low cost and ease of achieving the reduction are made clear.

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Oil & Gas Sales Leads Headlines –August 20, 2013

(Listed by most current date)

  • Keyera, Kinder Morgan to Build New Canada Crude-by-rail Terminal  (Joint Venture Dated: 8/20/2013)
  • Jacobs Wins Long Lake Oil Sands Facility Contract from Nexen  (Contract Dated: 8/19/2013)
  • Oil Sands Rail Terminal to be Built by Gibson Energy and U.S. Development Group  (Project Dated: 8/19/2013)
  • Alabama, Mississippi Forming Partnership to Call for Assessment of Oil Sands Resources    (Article Dated: 8/19/2013)
  • ConocoPhillips Selling Stake in $720 Mln Oil Sands Deal with Exxon, Imperial  (Article Dated: 8/19/2013)
  • Athabasca Can Proceed with Sale of Dover Oil Sands Stake to PetroChina  (Purchase Dated: 8/19/2013)
  • Colombia Crude Creates Competition for Canada's Oil Sands  (Article Dated: 8/19/2013)
  • Jackpine Oilsands Expansion Conditionally Approved Despite Adverse Environmental Impacts  (Article Dated: 8/19/2013)
  • Athabasca Oil Seeking JV Partner to Develop the Duvernay Hangingstone and Birch Properties  (Joint Venture Dated: 8/19/2013)
  • Pembina Pipeline Enters into ESA Agreement in NE Alberta with KKD Oil Sands Partnership  (Agreement Dated: 8/16/2013)
  • Aquatech Introduces HEVAP™ High Efficiency Evaporation Process for SAGD Water Treatment  (Article Dated: 8/16/2013)
  • Canadian Petroleum Group Predicts Production Surge in Oil Sands  (Article Dated: 8/16/2013)
  • GE’s Produced Water Evaporation Tech to Help Canada Oil Sands Conserve Water, Costs  (Article Dated: 8/16/2013)
  • Keystone XL Could Have more Problems after British Columbia Rejects Northern Gateway Pipeline  (Article Dated: 8/16/2013)
  • Opinion: U.S. Needs Oil Sands as Surge from Shale Bonanza Seen Overdone  (Article Dated: 8/16/2013)
  • Synodon Re-Signs Suncor Oil Sands Pipeline Service Contract  (Contract Dated: 8/16/2013)
  • Rabobank Bans Loans to Shale Gas and Tar Sands  (Article Dated: 8/16/2013)
  • Gunvor, GE Sign $299 Mln Financing Deal for Germany’s Ingolstadt Refinery  (Article Dated: 8/15/2013)
  • Tesoro Hawaii Refinery Restart to Cost Approximately $27 Mln  (Article Dated: 8/15/2013)
  • BP Starts Up New CDU at Indiana Whiting Refinery  (Project Dated: 8/15/2013)
  • Shell to Spend $115 Mln to Reduce Refinery Air Pollution in Houston Area  (Article Dated: 8/15/2013)
  • U.S. EPA Expects to Reduce Biofuels Volumes for 2014  (Article Dated: 8/15/2013)
  • Italy Asks Eni to Adopt New Power Feed System at Taranto Refinery  (Article Dated: 8/15/2013)
  • Brazil Petrobras Raises Costs of New Abreu e Lima Refinery to $18.5 Bln  (Project Dated: 8/15/2013)
  • Rompetrol Upgrades Petromidia Refinery Coker Unit  (Project Dated: 8/15/2013)
  • Technip Wins Contract for Hydrogen Reformers at Venezuela Puerto La Cruz Refinery  (Contract Dated: 8/15/2013)
  • Tesoro Gets Port of Vancouver Approval for $100 Mln Oil-by-rail Project  (Agreement Dated: 8/15/2013)
  • Washington Refineries Preparing for North Dakota Oil Shipments  (Plans Dated: 8/14/2013)
  • Fluor Awarded Engineering Services Contract for Natref’s South Africa Clean Fuels 2 Project  (Contract Dated: 8/14/2013)
  • Tesoro to Divest Its Hawaii Refinery to Par Petroleum for $75 Mln  (Divesture Dated: 8/14/2013)
  • Derailing Disaster in Quebec Raises Serious Concerns over Rail Versus Pipeline  (Article Dated: 8/14/2013)
  • IFC to Allocate $150 Mln for Construction of STAR Rafineri A.S. Oil Refinery in Turkey  (Plans Dated: 8/14/2013)
  • Costa Rica Working on New Fuel Plan Amid Problems with China Refinery Project  (Plans Dated: 8/14/2013)
  • Kazakhstan, UK Launch Bolashak Onshore Processing Facility  (Project Dated: 8/14/2013)
  • Eni Plans Renovation and Recovery Investment for Gela Refinery  (Project Dated: 8/14/2013)
  • Cuddalore Refinery Project, a $4 Bln, State-of-the-art Petroleum Refinery  (Project Dated: 8/13/2013)
  • Kochi Refinery Expansion and Modernization Project  (Project Dated: 8/13/2013)
  • India Expanding Refining Capacity and Upgrade Projects to Meet Rising Demand  (Article Dated: 8/13/2013)
  • Barmer Refinery and Petrochemical Project  (Project Dated: 8/13/2013)
  • Mangalore Phase III Refinery Project  (Project Dated: 8/13/2013)
  • Paradip Refinery Project  (Project Dated: 8/13/2013)
  • Oman’s Sohar Refinery Gets Wet Gas Scrubber from Larsen & Toubro  (Installations Dated: 8/12/2013)
  • Technip Wins Iraq Karbala Refinery Contract from Oil Projects  (Contract Dated: 8/12/2013)
  • Japan to Lend $1.24 Bln to Iraq to Rebuild Port and Build New Refinery  (Plans Dated: 8/12/2013)
  • EPA Says Tesoro to Pay Penalty for Environmental Violations at Refineries  (Article Dated: 8/12/2013)
  • Imperial Oil to Convert Nova Scotia Refinery to Terminal Operations  (Plans Dated: 8/12/2013)
  • Neste Oil to Modernize Porvoo and Initiate Environmental Impact Assessment  (Project Dated: 8/12/2013)
  • API Says EPA Gasoline Sulfur Rule Would Do Little to Improve Air Quality  (Analysis Dated: 8/12/2013)
  • Repairs Underway at Israeli Oil Refineries Plant  (Article Dated: 8/12/2013)
  • Europe's Energy Security Threatened by Refinery Closures  (Overview Dated: 8/12/2013)
  • Brazil's Petrobras and Sinopec to Study Refinery Joint Venture  (Joint Venture Dated: 8/12/2013)
  • INEOS Awards KBR for FEED Work on Major U.S. Gulf Polyethylene Proposal  (Proposal Dated: 8/7/2013)
  • Foster Wheeler Awarded Management and Consultancy Services Contract for Vietnam Project  (Project Dated: 8/7/2013)
  • Williams Has April 2014 Restart Timeframe for Fire-damaged Louisiana Olefins Plant  (Project Dated: 8/7/2013)
  • Rolta India Wins Multi-million Dollar U.S. Contract for Saudi Arabia’s Sadara Engineering Systems  (Contract Dated: 8/7/2013)
  • Iran Plans New Petrochemical Hubs in Lavan, Chabahar  (Plans Dated: 8/7/2013)
  • Dow Awards Foster Wheeler Contract for Louisiana Ethane Cracker Upgrading Project  (Project Dated: 8/7/2013)
  • Technip Awarded EPC Contract for New BP Zhuhai Petrochemical Plant JV in China  (Contract Dated: 8/6/2013)
  • SK Global Signs Final Deal on $2.9 Bln Joint Petrochem Project with Sinopec  (Contract Dated: 8/6/2013)
  • Daelim Wins $293 Mln EPC Contract for Saudi Butanol Plant  (Contract Dated: 8/6/2013)
  • Veolia to Build Desalination Plant at Sadara Petrochemical Complex  (Project Dated: 8/6/2013)
  • Qatar’s QP & QAPCO Sign Technology Licenses for Sejeel Petrochemical Complex  (Contract Dated: 8/6/2013)
  • Marubeni Concludes Long-term Off-take Agreement for Polypropylene & Sulfur in Vietnam  (Agreement Dated: 8/6/2013)
  • MRC Global Wins PVF Contract from Celanese Corp  (Contract Dated: 8/6/2013)
  • Socar to Invest $500 Mln in Oil and Gas Refining Petchem Complex  (Project Dated: 8/6/2013)
  • Saudi Arabia to Build World’s Largest Butanol Plant  (Project Dated: 8/6/2013)
  • Damage Assessment to Geismar, LA Olefins Plant Underway  (Report Dated: 8/5/2013)
  • Appalachian Resins CEO Sees Niche for Smaller Ethylene Crackers  (Interview Dated: 8/5/2013)
  • Sipchem Awards EPC Contract for Its PBT Resin Plant  (Contract Dated: 8/5/2013)

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