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.
For more information on other breakthroughs in power
plant air quality improvement, click on: Power Plant Air Quality Decisions
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Oil & Gas Sales Leads – 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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WORLD POWER GENERATION PROJECTS
This includes only projects where there was an
update during the month. There are thousands of projects in the database.
Revision Date: August 1, 2013
Project Title |
First Entry Date |
Location |
Startup date |
Harford County gas turbine power plant-Exelon
|
8/1/2013 |
MD |
Unknown |
Chouteau power plant-Grand River Authority |
8/1/2013 |
OK |
2017 |
Jessup possible power plant-Invenergy
|
8/1/2013 |
PA |
Unknown |
Wisconsin Public Service power plant |
8/1/2013 |
WI |
2019 |
Jazan IGCC power plant-Saudi Aramco |
11/1/2012 |
Saudi Arabia |
2016 |
Brunswick County power plant-Dominion Virginia
Power |
2/1/2012 |
VA |
2016 |
Jamaica Public Service Co. combined cycle power
project |
12/1/2011 |
Jamaica |
Unknown |
Bushehr
expansion |
6/1/2009 |
Iran |
Unknown |
Fangchenggang
1,2 (Hongsha)-China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp. |
2/1/2009 |
China |
2016 |
Opole expansion-Polska Grupa Energetyczna
|
2/1/2009 |
Poland |
2018 |
Ostrovetsky district--Belarus nuclear power plant
|
6/1/2007 |
Belarus |
2018 |
Delimara combined cycle expansion-Malta Resources
Authority |
1/1/2007 |
Malta |
2015 |
Los Esteros Phase II-Calpine |
5/1/2004 |
CA |
2013 |
Russell City Energy Center combined cycle plant-Calpine
|
2/1/2001 |
CA |
2013 |
Southaven combined cycle-Southaven Power
|
|
MS |
2002 |
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project data.
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