CHEMICAL INDUSTRY UPDATE HEADLINES

April 2015

AMERICAS

• BASF Continues to Evaluate Natural Gas-Based Investment on U.S. Gulf Coast
• Prayon to Build Food Grade Sodium Hexametaphosphate (SHMP) Plant in Georgia
• Yara and BASF to Build Ammonia Plant in Freeport, Texas
• Praxair Gulf Coast Expansion to Serve Freeport, Texas, and Supply New Yara/ BASF Ammonia Project
• GEO Opens New Polyaluminum Chloride Facility in Texas
• Solvay to Expand Peroxides Production to Serve Growing North American Markets
• EaglePicher Breaks Ground on Lithium Ion Center of Excellence
• Airgas to Build New Air Separation Unit (ASU) in Tuscaloosa, AL
• Linde starts up new air separation unit in Texas
• LyondellBasell to Expand Production Capacity of Tri-ethylene Glycol in Texas Plant

ASIA

• Chiye Organic Silicon Material (Shanghai) Invests US1.6 Million on Production Plant
• Shin-Etsu to Expand Silicone Production in Thailand; Plans US Technical Center
• Technip Awarded Contract for Qingdao 500 KTA Ethylbenzene Styrene Monomer Plant
• AkzoNobel Performance Coatings Adds Capacity in Indonesia
• Fluor Awarded Engineering Contract for New Chinese Polysilicon Plant

EUEA

• Kuraray Boosts Production Capacity for Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol in Belgium
• Styrolution Opens SBC Pilot Plant
• PPG Plans Capacity Expansion for Precipitated Silica at Netherlands Site
• Solvay Building Hydrogen Peroxide Grade Production Plant in Netherlands
• Schulman to Establish Masterbatch Production Plant in Turkey
• Technip Awarded Substantial Contract for New Fertilizer Unit in Slovak Republic
• Air Liquide to Build, Own and Operate World’s Largest Oxygen Production Unit for Sasol in South Africa
• Grupa Azoty Announces Historical $450m Investment in New PDH Plant in Poland

MERGERS/ ACQUISITIONS

• Solvay to Acquire Alkoxylation Plant in the Netherlands
• Schulman to Acquire Citadel
• Germany's Evonik to Acquire Monarch Catalyst
• Polypore Sells Energy Storage Segment for $2.2B to Asahi Kasei, Separations Media Segment to 3M for $1B

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OIL & GAS SALES LEADS HEADLINES

June 18, 2015

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Borealis and Agrifos Announce Major Milestone for U.S. Ammonia Production Project

Revision Date:  6/18/2015

Mexichem Plans $800 Mln Investments in 2015, New Factories

Revision Date:  6/18/2015

Constructing a Facility Siting Plan and the Critical Safety Components

Revision Date:  6/18/2015

Shell Acquires Land for Proposed Appalachia Ethane Cracker

Revision Date:  6/18/2015

Staffing the 'Plastics Manufacturing Renaissance'

Revision Date:  6/18/2015

Egypt Signs $300 Mln Deal with UOP to Produce High-Octane Benzene

Revision Date:  6/18/2015

Chevron Phillips Chemical Considers New Mega-project in U.S. Petrochemicals

Revision Date:  6/17/2015

Asahi Kasei Opens New Production Lines for Duranol and Duranate at Chinese Plant

Revision Date:  6/17/2015

Manali Petrochemicals to Invest in Three Fold Expansion of Polyols Capacity

Revision Date:  6/17/2015

BASF Petronas Chemicals Breaks Ground on 2-EHAcid Plant in Malaysia

Revision Date:  6/17/2015

UOP's Tatoray™ Process Technology Producing Petrochemicals

Revision Date:  6/17/2015

Ineos Plans Ethylene Oxide Units Turnarounds in Belgium and Germany

Revision Date:  6/17/2015

Saudi Aramco-Dow JV Sadara Awards Jacobs EPCM Contract

Revision Date:  6/16/2015

Total Petrochemicals Chooses Port Arthur as Site for New Ethane Cracker

Revision Date:  6/16/2015

Pemex, Blackstone to Develop Water and Wastewater Infrastructure

Revision Date:  6/16/2015

Celanese Selects Jacobs for Singapore VAE Plant Contract

Revision Date:  6/15/2015

Azerbaijan Seeks Investors for Petrochemical Plant

Revision Date:  6/15/2015

Shell Moves towards Final Beaver County, PA Cracker Decision

Revision Date:  6/15/2015

Malaysia's Petronas Chemicals Says Sabah Urea Plant to Start up Early 2016

Revision Date:  6/15/2015

KBR Awarded Licensing & Design Services Contract for Ammonia Plants

Revision Date:  6/15/2015

Mideast, U.S. Hold Competitive Positions for Ethane Cracking

Revision Date:  6/12/2015

UAE's Borouge Says Third Phase Expansion to Reach Full Capacity by 2016

Revision Date:  6/12/2015

China Sets Higher Standards for New Petrochemical Projects

Revision Date:  6/11/2015

Mitsubishi and Subsidiaries to Construct Methanol & Dimethyl Ether Plant in Trinidad & Tobago

Revision Date:  6/11/2015

Honeywell Opens New China Manufacturing Site for State-of-the-art Catalysts

Revision Date:  6/11/2015

Lamprell Awarded New Jackup Contract from NDC

Revision Date:  6/11/2015

CB&I Awarded Contracts for Shintech Ethane Cracker Project

Revision Date:  6/11/2015

Fluor Execs, Dignitaries Mark France Carbon Fiber Plant Project

Revision Date:  6/11/2015

Egypt's Carbon Holding Considers $4 Bln Loan for Petchem Project

Revision Date:  6/11/2015

China to Grant License for Imported Oil to Non-major Refinery

Revision Date:  6/11/2015

SOCAR & Maire Tecnimont Sign EUR 350 Mln EPC Contract

Revision Date:  6/10/2015

Thai PTT Global Shuts Olefins Plant for Maintenance

Revision Date:  6/10/2015

Developer Says Ohio Ethane Cracker Still Economically Viable

Revision Date:  6/10/2015

Saudi's Yansab to Shut Petchem Plants for Maintenance

Revision Date:  6/10/2015

Alibaba Group Helps Sinopec with Cloud Computing, Big Data

Revision Date:  6/10/2015

Saudi's SABIC Signs Deal to Use U.S. Shale Gas at British Plant

Revision Date:  6/10/2015

Japan's Maruzen Runs Naphtha Crackers at Full Capacity

Revision Date:  6/9/2015

PTT, Marubeni Select SE Ohio Site for Possible Ethane Cracker

Revision Date:  6/9/2015

Odebrecht and Braskem to Re-evaluate Proposed Cracker Plant in West Virginia

Revision Date:  6/9/2015

Saudi's Sipchem Has Finished Testing New Plastics Plant

Revision Date:  6/9/2015

Celanese, Mitsui May Build Methanol Plant at South Texas Facility

Revision Date:  6/9/2015

Adidas to Use Marine Plastic Waste in Products from 2016

Revision Date:  6/9/2015

Saudi Sipchem Says Plant Shutdown Cost $4.8 Mln

Revision Date:  6/9/2015

US Petrochemical Construction Boom and Refining Margins Cushion Profits

Revision Date:  6/8/2015

Bolivia Expands Petrochemical Capability with Bulo Bulo Ammonia Complex

Revision Date:  6/8/2015

Market Sources Say European Benzene Market Divided Amid Cracker Outages

Revision Date:  6/5/2015

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World Municipal Wastewater Project News Provided Monthly

June 2015

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AFRICA

• Egypt:  Metito Awarded US$8.5 Million in Water Contracts for 4 Resort Areas

ASIA

• China:  Sound Global Awarded US$58 Million Jinshan Phase II Project
• India:  Developer Plans to Build 100 New “Smart” Cities across India by 2030
• India:  Delhi Jal Board Approves Plan for 31 New Sewage Treatment Plants
• India:  Delhi Jal Board Begins Generating Power from Biogas at Third WWTP
• India:  Bangalore Airport Implements Integrated Water Management Plan
• India:  Bangalore Approves Plans for 6 New WWTPs at a Cost of US$250 Million

CIS

• Kazakhstan:  EBRD Lends €10 Million to Improve Water and Wastewater Services in Shymkent
• Kyrgyzstan:  EBRD Lends €1.5 Million to Improve Water and Wastewater Services in Batken
• Ukraine:  Japan Approves US$573 Million Loan for Kiev WWTP Modernization

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INDUSTRIAL EMITTERS UPDATE HEADLINES

June 2015

AMERICAS

•           EPA Regulation Rolls Backs Air Pollution Exemptions for Industry

Chemicals

•           Evonik Starts Basic Engineering Work for New Precipitated Silica Production Plant in U.S.

•           Borealis and Agrifos to Set Up Ammonia Plant in Texas

•           PeroxyChem Breaks Ground On Hydrogen Peroxide Purification Plant in NY

Iron & Steel/ Metalworking

•           Dearborn Steel Plant to Pay $1.35M Fine to Settle Alleged Violations

Mining

•           K+S on Track to Begin Producing Potash from Legacy Mine Next Year

•           Long Canyon Gold Mine, Nevada, Starts Construction

Pulp and Paper

•           Fibria Invests $2.5 Billion in Três Lagoas Pulp Line, Brazil

Iron/ Steel/ Metalworking

•           Alcoa to get $259 million DOE Loan to Upgrade Tennessee Plant

•           Thyssenkrupp Opens Steering Components Plant in Mexico; See Strong Growth in NA

Other Industries

•           Duke Energy Faces Record Fine over Coal Ash Pollution

NWI Ready to Break Ground on New Center

ASIA

Chemical

•           AkzoNobel to build €30 million Performance Coatings Facility in Thailand

•           Selena Gets EBRD Loan to Expand Construction Chemical Business in Kazakhstan

•           Hexcel Launches Site for New Carbon Fiber Plant in France; Announces Capacity
Expansions at Weaving and Prepreg Facilities

Mining

•           Rio Tinto Finalizes Deal with Mongolia for $5.4bn Oyu Tolgoi Mine Expansion

EMEA

Chemical

•           Mexichem’s VESTOLIT Subsidiary to Increase Specialty PVC Capacity in German Plant

•           Evonik Doubles Methacrylic Anhydride Capacity in Germany

•           Sasol Performance Chemicals Expands Catalyst Carrier Production Capacity

•           Jacobs Awarded Four-Year EPCM Contract by Sadara

Mining

•           Amec Foster Wheeler Awarded New Çőpler Gold Mine Contract in Turkey

•           Norilsk Nickel Secures $1bn Credit from VTB for Bystrinsky Project in Siberia

•           South Africa Grants New Mining Right to Coal of Africa for Makhado Project

•           True Gold Restarts Burkina Faso Project Construction in Africa

•           Kenya Awards Two Coal Blocks, Plans Power Plant

Other Industries

•           AstraZeneca to build $285 million Biologics Plant in Sweden

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NORTH AMERICAN MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS UPDATE HEADLINES

June 2015

ALABAMA

• Rainbow requesting Bids for Pump Station Upgrade
• Rainbow requesting Bids for WWTP – Phase I Upgrade
• Decatur requesting Bids for Digester Cleaning
• Pell City explores Solutions to Aging Equipment at WWTP

CALIFORNIA

• Fresno requesting Bids for WWTP Digester Cleaning
• In California Turning Sewage into Drinking Water Gains Appeal
• $72 Million Eastvale WWTP Project will include Odor Control

COLORADO

• Dinosaur requesting Bids for Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements
• Longmont requesting bids for WWTP Rehab

CONNECTICUT

• Naugatuck examining Future Wastewater Options

FLORIDA

• Longboat Key requesting Bids for WWTP Forcemain Condition Assessment
• Port Charlotte requesting Bids for WWTP Expansion
• Port St. John requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements

IDAHO

• Idaho Cities receive Funds for Wastewater Projects
• $28 Million for Twin Falls Wastewater Project

ILLINOIS

• Savanna requesting Bids for 2 WWTP Lift Stations
• Spring Valley requesting Bids for WWTP Project
• $11 Million for Spring Valley New WWTP
• $44 Million for Moline WWTP Upgrade
• Banner requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• Morrison requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• Morrison begins Bid Process for Wastewater Plant

INDIANA

• Marion requesting Bids for WWTP Pump Station Upgrade
• Monticello requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• $33 Million for Delaware County WWTP
• Wabash requesting Bids for WWTP Project
• Williamsport requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements

IOWA

• Stanley Consultants wins Awards for Iowa City WWTP Design
• Scarville Wastewater Informational Meeting
• Sioux City to replace Biofilters at WWTP

KANSAS

• Atchison requesting Bids for WWTP Project

KENTUCKY

• $13 Million for Augusta Regional Sewer Plant
• Murray receives Update on Wastewater Plant

LOUISIANA

• Shreveport requesting bids for WWTP Improvements
• Caddo Parish requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• Kenner awards Contract for WWTP Upgrade
• Gretna requesting Bids for Headworks Rehab
• Shreveport requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• $7-$8 Million for Thibodaux WWTP Project

MAINE

• East Millinocket buys former GNP Wastewater Plant for $1.00

MARYLAND

• Greensboro requesting Bids for WWTP Project
• Talbot, Queen Anne's Counties awarded Wastewater Grants

MASSACHUSETTS

• Grafton requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• Boston requesting Bids for WWTP Project

MICHIGAN

• Oscoda Township requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• Plainfield Charter Township requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements

MINNESOTA

• Kandiyohi County to Clean Leachate from Landfill
• $20 Million for New St. Francis WWTP
• Northfield agrees on Water Supply Plans for Wastewater Facility
• $4 Million for Afton WWTP Project

MISSOURI

• Monett requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• Waynesville Wastewater Treatment Facility to get Upgrade

MONTANA

• Stevensville receives Funding for WWTP Improvements

NEW JERSEY

• Plumsted Wastewater Plant still under Review

NEW MEXICO

• $11.7 Million for New Camino Real WWTP

NEW YORK

• Bloomingdale requesting Bids for Engineering Services for WWTP
• Report Card for Long Island Sound
• Little Falls OKs Bonds for Wastewater Treatment Plant Repairs
• Bids requested for Dechlorination Facility
• Yonkers requesting Bids for WWTP Rehab
• Armand requesting Bids for WWTP Project
• Medina Wastewater Project approved
• Upgrades at Monroe County Wastewater Plant
• Project to improve Wastewater Discharged into the Hudson River

NORTH DAKOTA

• $2 Million Grant for Fargo Wastewater Treatment Plant

OHIO

• Salem requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• Franklin County to improve Wastewater Treatment, Reduce Nutrients
• Sidney moves ahead with Funding for Wastewater Project
• Cleveland requesting Bids for WWTP Rehab
• Geneva requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• New Study Begins at Lakewood Wastewater Treatment Plant
• Jackson receives Funding for Wastewater Treatment Plant

OKLAHOMA

• Hominy requesting Bids for WWTP Rehab
• $13 Million for Broken Arrow Water/Wastewater Projects

OREGON

• Klamath Falls requesting Bids for WWTP Valve Replacement
• Clackamas County needs WWTP Expansion

PENNSYLVANIA

• Cleona requesting Bids for WWTP Pumps
• Bell Acres requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• Curwensville to bid out Arnoldtown Wastewater Project
• Conshohocken WWTP will solve Odor Problem in 2016

SOUTH CAROLINA

• Manning requesting Bids for WWTP Expansion
• Walterboro needs $3.4 Million for WWTP Improvement Project

TENNESSEE

• Knoxville requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• $50 Million for Franklin Sludge Drying Plant
• Jasper requesting Bids for Lagoon Cleaning
• Mosheim requesting Bids for WWTP Rehab

TEXAS

• Houston requesting Bids for Wastewater Rehab
• Dallas requesting Bids for WWTP Pump Station Rehab
• Stewart Creek WWTP requesting Bids for Expansion Project
• Patton Village awaits Decision on New WWTP
• Corpus Christi requesting Bids for WWTP Consolidation Program Development
• $245 Million for Waco Water, Sewer Projects
• San Angelo moves on Wastewater Recycling Pilot

VERMONT

• Saxtons River approves $3 Million Bond for Wastewater Treatment Plant
• Benefits of Vermont’s Clean Water Law will flow Down the Connecticut River

VIRGINIA

• Henry County receives Funds to Prevent Flooding at WWTP
• Richmond City requesting Bids for WWTP Upgrade
• Albemarle, Charlottesville move forward with Water/Wastewater Projects

WASHINGTON

• Walla Walla requesting Bids for Transfer Pump
• Sedro-Woolley requesting Bids for WWTP Equipment Repairs
• Quincy receives Funding to Divert Wastewater to New System
• Gig Harbor requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements

WEST VIRGINIA

• Martinsburg WWTP upgrades Take Shape
• Salem approves New Wastewater System

WISCONSIN

• $20.7 Million for Whitewater WWTP Update

CANADA

• $8.2 Million for Odor Control at Saskatoon WWTP
• Iqaluit $9.4 Million Short for WWTP Upgrades

BUSINESS NEWS

• GE’s LEAPmbr* Treatment Technology enables Wastewater Reuse for Drought-stricken Abilene, TX

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