January 2014 - Cleanroom - Ultrapure Water Insights 18

CLEANROOM WORLD MARKET UPDATE HEADLINES
January 2014
SEMICONDUCTORS
• Global Semiconductor Industry on Track for Highest-Ever Annual Sales in 2013
• Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Grew 5.2 Percent in 2013
• TSMC November Revenues Down from October
• Strong Growth Forecast for 2014 Semiconductor Equipment Sales
• SEMI Reports Third Quarter 2013 Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Billings of $7.65 Billion

PHARMACEUTICAL/BIOLOGICAL
• GSK Announces £200 Million Investment in U.K. Advanced Manufacturing and Science
• Rising Number of New Drugs Expected to Be Approved over Next Five Years
• Health R&D Spending Moves Slowly Upward Driven by Industry, Philanthropy and Voluntary Health Associations
• Burrill Offers Biotech Predictions for 2014
• Wireless Devices, Developing Countries Boost Medical Electronics Growth

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
• Record Breaking Online Tech Sales this Thanksgiving Weekend, According to CEA Black Friday Survey
• 11 Percent Average Growth Forecast for Total Personal Computing Systems
• Tablets Propel Growth of LCD Panel Market as Most Other Applications Struggle
• Smartphones to Pass 80 Percent of Global Mobile Phone Shipments by 2017
• Growing TV Sizes Boost Overall Display Market, NPD DisplaySearch Reports
• Automotive Display Shipments Increase, Due to Global Demand for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles in 2013
• Growth of Semiconductor Market for Major Home Appliances to Nearly Double in 2013
• High Speed Wireless Devices to Surge in Shipments
• Global Public Display Shipments and Revenues Poised for Rebound in 2014

SOLAR
• IHS Boosts Solar Capital Spending Forecast as Market Conditions Continue to Improve
• Major Korean Company Purchases Spire’s Advanced Simulator and EL Test Equipment for a Highly Automated PV Module Manufacturing Facility
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GDP UPDATE HEADLINES
JANUARY 2014
AMERICAS
• United States
• Mexico
ASIA
• China
• India
• Malaysia
• Philippines
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Taiwan
EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
• Kuwait
• Serbia
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…(The remaining text is not included in this sample.)
ASIA
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.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is scheduled to release China's macroeconomic data for the fourth quarter and the entire year of 2013 soon.
China's economy expanded by 7.7% in the first nine months of 2013, and GDP growth in the third quarter accelerated to 7.8% from 7.5% in the second.
On December 25, a report submitted by the Cabinet to the parliament said China's economic growth in 2013 is likely to stand at 7.6%. If confirmed, it would be the weakest growth since 1999 in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis.
Reporting to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the top legislature, Xu Shaoshi, minister of the National Development and Reform Commission said international and domestic economic conditions have changed…(The remaining text is not included in this sample.)
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CHEMICAL UPDATE HEADLINES
DECEMBER 2013
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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OIL & GAS SALES LEADS
January 20, 2014
(Listed by most current date)
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PetroChina Sichuan Refinery to Be Ready for Trial Production after Repeated Delays (Project Dated: 1/20/2014)
Foster Wheeler Awarded PMC Contract by STAR Rafineri for Turkey Grassroots Refinery (Contract Dated: 1/16/2014)
BP Completes Commissioning of Whiting Refinery Units (Project Dated: 1/16/2014)
Foster Wheeler Wins Contract for Nghi Son Hydrogen Reformers (Contract Dated: 1/16/2014)
China Launches Cleaner Gasoline Standards Requirement from January 2018 (Article Dated: 1/16/2014)

Carlyle Group Ventures into Europe's Struggling Refining Sector by Teaming up with Vitol (Article Dated: 1/16/2014)
Bashneft Says Production Unit Shut Down After Fire at Ufaneftekhim Refinery (Article Dated: 1/16/2014)

Russia's Surgutneftegas Launches Europe's Largest Hydrocracker at Its Kirishi Refinery (Project Dated: 1/16/2014)

AMEC Awarded $255 Mln Project Engineering and Management Services Contract (Contract Dated: 1/16/2014)

Foster Wheeler Wins Contract for Vietnam’s Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochem Complex (Contract Dated: 1/14/2014)

Foster Wheeler Wins NWR’s Sturgeon Refinery Contract for Package Steam Generating Systems (Contract Dated: 1/14/2014)

CB&I Announces Its Bitumen Storage Tank Contract for NWR’s Sturgeon Refinery (Contract Dated: 1/14/2014)

Rosneft Installs New Reactors at Several Russian Refineries (Article Dated: 1/14/2014)

Saskatchewan’s Regina Refinery Reports Fire after LPG Explosion (Article Dated: 1/14/2014)

Motiva to Shut Convent, LA Refinery Fluid Catalytic Cracker by 2016 During Transition to Diesel (Article Dated: 1/14/2014)

Phillips 66 Shuts Los Angeles Refinery Reformer for Turnaround (Article Dated: 1/14/2014)

Husky Energy Approves New Heavy Oil Thermal Projects in Saskatchewan, Part 1 (Project Dated: 1/13/2014)

Gazprom Awards CB&I FEED Contract for Hydrocracker Complex in Siberia (Project Dated: 1/13/2014)

More Bad News for European Refiners with Mild Winter Forecasts (Article Dated: 1/13/2014)

Husky Energy Approves New Heavy Oil Thermal Projects in Saskatchewan, Part 2 (Project Dated: 1/13/2014)

Principal Technology to Supply Sulfur Recovery Units for Dakota Prairie Refining, LLC (Project Dated: 1/13/2014)

Honeywell Wins FEED to Automate Systems for Kuwait National Petroleum’s Al Zour Refinery (Project Dated: 1/13/2014)

Irving Oil Adding 40,000 Bpd Alberta Crude Rail Loading Capacity (Article Dated: 1/10/2014)

Ex-Im Bank Approves $641 Mln for the Export of U.S. Refinery Equipment to Turkey (Project Dated: 1/10/2014)

EU Refiners Poised for One of Worst Years on Record as Closures Loom (Analysis Dated: 1/10/2014)

Ivory Coast Gets $300 Mln Loan for Refinery from World Bank and SocGen (Article Dated: 1/10/2014)

Axion Selects Foster Wheeler for Argentina Delayed Coker Contract (Contract Dated: 1/9/2014)

Kenya Considers New Investor in Mombasa Refinery after Essar Energy’s Exit (Investment Dated: 1/9/2014)

Brazil's Petrobras Ends Refinery Partnership with PdVSA (Project Dated: 1/9/2014)

Pemex Says New $10 Bln Tula Refinery Still On with End Date Unclear (Project Dated: 1/9/2014)

EIA Says U.S. Four-Week Demand for Refined Fuels at Five-Year High in November (Article Dated: 1/9/2014)

Irving Oil CEO Says Eastern Canada Has Export Edge Over U.S. Gulf Coast (Article Dated: 1/9/2014)

PBF Energy Expanding Crude-by-rail Offloading Capacity at its Delaware Refinery (Project Dated: 1/9/2014)

Total to Use KBR Technology for Antwerp Deasphalting Unit (Project Dated: 1/9/2014)

Statoil, Shell Swap Refinery Stakes (Article Dated: 1/9/2014)

Azerbaijan's State Oil Fund Invests $475 Mln in Turkish Star Refinery Project (Project Dated: 1/9/2014)

Ineos to Streamline Grangemouth Refinery and Shut Naphtha Unit by Q2 2015 (Project Dated: 1/9/2014)

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Wins $1.4 Bln Order in Venezuela (Order Dated: 1/9/2014)

Canadian Regulator OKs Enbridge Pipeline to Pacific Coast for Shipment to Asia (Article Dated: 1/8/2014)

Energy Companies Looking to Great Lakes as Shipping Demand Grows for Alberta Crude Oil (Analysis Dated: 1/8/2014)

Alberta’s Tar Sands to Be Regulated by Fossil Fuels-Funded Alberta Energy Regulator (Article Dated: 1/8/2014)

Report Shows Canada’s Oil Sands to Brace for more Challenges in 2014 (Article Dated: 1/8/2014)

Scientists Find 7,300-Sq-Mile Ring of Mercury Contamination around Alberta Tar Sands (Article Dated: 1/8/2014)

Pan Orient Energy Update on Sawn Lake Heavy Oil Project (Update Dated: 1/8/2014)

Industry, Governments Discuss Tailings Ponds Water Being Released into the Environment (Article Dated: 1/7/2014)

Growth of U.S. Oil Production Expected to be Faster than Thought (Article Dated: 1/7/2014)

Ivanhoe Energy Receives Process Clarity on Shallow SAGD Projects from Alberta Energy Regulator (Article Dated: 1/7/2014)

SilverWillow Energy Submits Regulatory Application for Audet in Situ Oil Sands Project (Project Dated: 1/7/2014)

New DCSG Technology Intended to Replace Conventional Generation (Analysis Dated: 1/7/2014)

Mexico Heavy Crude Production Set to Rival Canada’s Oilsands (Analysis Dated: 1/7/2014)

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)

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

Keystone Opposition Expands Front in Oilsands Fight (Article Dated: 1/6/2014)
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WORLD MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER PROJECT NEWS MONTHLY HEADLINES
December 2013
This monthly update is devoted to wastewater infrastructure news around the world, outside of the United States and Canada, and is meant to complement McIlvaine's World Cleanroom Markets or Ultrapure Water World Markets.
AFRICA

• Egypt: Consortium Awarded US$148 Million Contract to Expand Cairo WWTP
• Kenya: German Bank to Fund Rehab of Abandoned Mombasa WWTP
• Zimbabwe: ZimFund Approves US$40 Million for Phase 2 of Infrastructure Rehabilitation
ASIA
• Australia: Unitywater Closes Wastewater Reuse Facility Due to Inconsistent Water Quality
• China: ADB Approves US$240 Million Loan for Wastewater Reuse Projects in Beijing
• India: Phase III of Yamuna Action Plan approved for Delhi
• India: Chandigarh Becomes First City in India to Treat 100% of its Domestic Sewage
• India: Nashik to Increase Sewage Treatment Capacity by Over 50% Prior to Pilgrimage
EUROPE
• Czech Republic: Sweco Selected to Upgrade Prague Wastewater Treatment Plant
• Denmark: EU Invests €1 Million in Development of Nutrient Recovery Technology
• Denmark: Aarhus WWTP Opens Phosphorus Recycling Test Facility
• Greece: EC Asks Court to Impose Penalties for Failure to Meet 2005 Urban Wastewater Deadlines
• Kyrgyzstan: Batken Rehab Project Open for Bids, with Financial Support from EBRD and Sweden
• UK: Thames Water Awards US$285.8 Million Deephams Contract to AECOM
MIDDLE EAST
• Bahrain: Ministry Tenders Second Major Expansion Project for Tubli WWTP
• Jordan: US$2.8 Million Upgrade of Ain Ghazal Wastewater Treatment Plant Announced
• UAE: Abu Dhabi to Spend Nearly US$200 Million for Sanitation Upgrades
• UAE: Metito to Carry Out $54 Million Sanitation Project for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
• Guyana: IAB to Fund First WWTP in Guyana under Caribbean Wastewater Initiative
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WORLD POWER GENERATION PROJECT HEADLINES
This includes only projects where there was an update during the month. There are thousands of projects in the database.
Revision Date – January 1, 2014

Project Title First Entry Date Location Startup date
George M Sullivan 2 combined cycle-Anchorage Municipal Light & Power 1/1/2014 AK 2016
Tabangao refinery power combined cycle-Trans-Asia Oil and Energy 1/1/2014 Philippines 2017
Bandmira II combined cycle-Enerjisa (Sabanci Holding and E.ON) 1/1/2014 Turkey 2016
Bandirma combined cycle expansion-Enerjisa 1/1/2014 Turkey 2016
Kauswagan power plant-AC Energy/GN Power partners 7/1/2013 Philippines 2017
Darlipali supercritical power plant-NTPC 3/1/2013 India 2018
Dushanbe cogen plant-Barqi Tojik 4/1/2011 Tajikistan 2013
Global Business Power plant expansion in La Paz 1/1/2011 Philippines Unknown
Yavatmal -Jinbhuvish Power Generation 9/1/2010 India 2016
Sostanj 6 supercritical power plant-Termoelektrarna Sostanj 12/1/2009 Slovenia Unknown
Opole expansion-Polska Grupa Energetyczna 2/1/2009 Poland 2019
Ninh Thuan 1-1,2 nuclear power plant-EVN 11/1/2008 Vietnam 2025
Paks replacement 5/1/2008 Hungary 2025
Raghunathpur power project-Damodar Valley Corp 12/1/2007 India Unknown
Masinloc 2-AES Philippines 9/1/2007 Philippines 2018
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