Desalination Will Account For 35 Percent of Membrane Use Next Year

Sales of membrane systems and modules for desalination will account for 35 percent of the $11 billion cross-flow membrane market next year according to the latest updates in the McIlvaine RO, UF, MF World Market.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

Desalination is becoming more economical as larger modules and more efficient filtration are being implemented.

Ultrafiltration membrane pre-filter systems are now increasingly used in conjunction with the final reverse osmosis (RO) systems.  One recent example is an order to BASF subsidiary inge GmbH to supply more than 4000 T-Rack 3.0 series ultrafiltration (UF) modules for a desalination plant in Jamnagar, India. The inge modules will provide 450,000 cubic metres of pretreated water per day to one of India’s largest oil refineries.

Research and development continues.  Longer term an expensive compound called Graphene could make desalination highly affordable.  Graphene behaves strangely around water. Water can pass through it, but almost nothing else can.  (Lockheed claims a Graphene filter would reduce energy costs of reverse osmosis desalination by 99 percent).

Water reuse is another factor in the high growth rate of the cross-flow membrane industry. The Middle East now realizes that the 40 percent of treated sewage wastewater that flows into the seas could be economically and efficiently reused.

A very large market is developing due to water requirements for conversion of coal to fuels, chemicals and synthetic natural gas.  A huge program in Western and Northern China will convert 15 percent of the world’s annual coal production into gasoline, fertilizer, methanol and substitute natural gas.  The worldwide environmental concerns about the water implications of this initiative are being met by a plan to maximize water reuse.

Korea and other Asian countries are closely watching the Chinese program.  Ukraine is moving forward with two large plants to counter the threats of reduced gas suppliers from Russia.

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OIL & GAS SALES LEADS HEADLINES

November 7, 2014

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Sales Lead Data Search by Titles  

·        Enable Midstream Announces Natural Gas Processing Plant in Prolific SCOOP Play  (Article Dated: 11/7/2014)

·        STW Resources to Demonstrate OriginOil’s Frack Water Recycling Technology on Permian Basin Water  (Article Dated: 11/7/2014)

·        CB&I Announces Gas Processing Award from Enable Midstream Partners  (Article Dated: 11/7/2014)

·        Atlas Pipeline Announces Start-Up of New Edward Plant in West Texas  (Article Dated: 11/6/2014)

·        Genie Energy Signs Agreement for Additional Oil Shale Exploration in Mongolia  (Article Dated: 11/6/2014)

·        Sasol Awards Foster Wheeler with EPCM Contract for Mozambique Gas Processing Facility  (Article Dated: 11/6/2014)

·        Technip Awarded Air Products Contract for Industrial Gas Complex in Kochi, India  (Article Dated: 11/6/2014)

·        Genie Energy Considering Options Forward for Oil Shale Pilot Project in Israel  (Article Dated: 11/6/2014)

·        Eclipse Resources Corp Announces Production Rates from Utica Shale Well Pads  (Article Dated: 11/6/2014)

·        Kinder Morgan Announces Binding Open Season for Ethane/Propane Transport from the Utica Shale  (Article Dated: 11/6/2014)

·        Severstal Commences Shipments for The Power of Siberia Gas Project  (Article Dated: 11/6/2014)

·        Ener-Core Completes Initial Technology Testing for Applications in Large Oil and Gas Market  (Article Dated: 11/5/2014)

·        Statoil, GE and Ferus Natural Gas Fuels Announce Expanding Flare Gas Solution in Bakken  (Article Dated: 11/5/2014)

·        Esmark Converting Former Ohio Cold Rolling Co to Support Marcellus and Utica Shale Companies  (  Dated: 11/5/2014)

·        GE Oil & Gas Showcases Growth in Technology and Global Capabilities  (Article Dated: 11/5/2014)

·        Technip Awarded Juniper Field Offshore Trinidad EPIC Contract  (Article Dated: 11/5/2014)

·        Alfa Laval Wins SEK 240 Mln Offshore Pumping Systems Order in South Korea  (Article Dated: 11/5/2014)

·        INVISTA Enters Oilfield Services Area with Launch of Durable Raptor™ Nylon Pipe  (Article Dated: 11/5/2014)

·        Technip Awarded Kodiak Project Subsea Contract in the Gulf of Mexico  (Article Dated: 11/4/2014)

·        Bumi and Eni Sign $3 Bln FPSO Deal Offshore Angola  (Article Dated: 11/4/2014)

·        Forecast: China Coal to Gas Projects  (Article Dated: 11/4/2014)

·        Australia Tipped to Overtake China in Shale Boom  (Article Dated: 11/4/2014)

·        Energean Purchases New Rig to Begin $225 Mln Investment Program in NW Greece  (Article Dated: 11/4/2014)

·        Alfa Laval Wins SEK 240 Mln Offshore Pumping Systems Order in South Korea  (Article Dated: 11/4/2014)

·        Tejas Tubular to Establish Manufacturing Center in Norfolk, NE  (Article Dated: 11/4/2014)

·        Governor Christie Vetoes Fracking Waste Ban despite Bipartisan Support  (Article Dated: 11/4/2014)

·        Honeywell’s UOP Technology Selected to Clean Offshore Natural Gas in UK  (Article Dated: 11/4/2014)

·        Gulf Energy Selects OriginOil's Technology to Add Frack and Produced Water Cleanup Services  (Article Dated: 11/3/2014)

·        FMC Technologies Wins Order for Five Additional Subsea Manifolds for Petrobras' Pre-salt Fields  (Article Dated: 11/3/2014)

·        Boart Longyear® Awarded Contract for Largest Western U.S. Natural Gas Storage Facility  (Article Dated: 11/3/2014)

·        STW Resources Secures Water Processing Project for Oil & Gas Operations in Permian Basin  (Article Dated: 11/3/2014)

·        Williams Announces Open Season for Transco Pipeline’s Diamond East Project  (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)

·        Dakota Gold Transfer – Plaza, LLC Announces New Crude Oil Terminal in North Dakota’s Bakken Shale  (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)

·        GE Invests $5 Mln in Norway Technology Solutions Center to Fuel Oil and Gas Industry  (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)

·        MarkWest Announces Expansion of Processing and Fractionation Infrastructure in Butler County, PA  (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)

·        Kinder Morgan to Expand Edmonton Crude Oil Rail Terminal Now Under Construction  (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)

·        PennEast Pipeline, Announces Project to Supply Marcellus Natural Gas to Mid-Atlantic Region  (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)

·        PA Governor and Panda Power Funds Break Ground on Second 829-MW Marcellus Shale-Gas Power Plant  (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)

·        Dakota Plains and Hiland Crude Announce Bakken Gathering Pipeline to Pioneer Rail Terminal  (Article Dated: 10/30/2014)

·        Intervale Capital Acquires Recapture Solutions, LLC from Triten Corp  (Article Dated: 10/30/2014)

·        Apache Announces First Canning Basin Oil Discovery Offshore Western Australia  (Article Dated: 10/30/2014)

·        Alfa Laval Wins SEK 80 Mln Energy-Efficiency Order in Canada  (Article Dated: 10/30/2014)

·        Alfa Laval Wins SEK 95 Mln Natural Gas Order to a U.S. Export Terminal  (Article Dated: 10/30/2014)

·        Seadrill Secures $497 Mln Rig Contract in Nigeria  (Article Dated: 10/30/2014)

·        EnLink Midstream Announces 45 Mile Condensate Pipeline and Compression and Stabilization Facilities  (Article Dated: 10/30/2014)

·        Oil Slump Means Canceled Projects as Investment Declines  (Article Dated: 10/29/2014)

·        Northern Gateway Pipeline Project Likely Delayed Beyond 2018  (Article Dated: 10/29/2014)

·        U.S. ‘nano-genius’ to Head $20 Mln Oilsands Research Program  (Article Dated: 10/29/2014)

·        Scathing Report Details Canada’s Environmental Shortfalls  (Article Dated: 10/29/2014)

·        Saddle Butte Launches Binding Open Season for Rockies South Pipeline  (Article Dated: 10/29/2014)

·        Chevron’s CEO Sees Bright Future for Oil and Gas  (Article Dated: 10/29/2014)

·        Europe’s Changing Political Climate Working for Canada’s Oilsands  (Article Dated: 10/29/2014)

·        Alberta Energy Regulator Approves Pipeline from Fort McMurray to Edmonton  (Article Dated: 10/28/2014)

·        Alberta Energy Regulator Approves $3 Bln Grand Rapids Pipeline Project  (Article Dated: 10/24/2014)

·        Sky Is the Limit for New Utah Oil Sands Tech  (Article Dated: 10/24/2014)

·        Pembina Shelves Pipeline Linked to Stalled Canadian Oil Sands Project  (Article Dated: 10/24/2014)

·        EU Abandons 'Dirty' Label for Tar Sands Oil  (Article Dated: 10/24/2014)

·        Kuwait Purchases Thirty Percent of Chevron Holdings in Canada’s Duvernay Shale  (Article Dated: 10/24/2014)

·        AEV System Treats Oily Sand, Oily Sludge, Oily Millscale and Contaminated Sand and Soils  (Article Dated: 10/24/2014)

·        Pembina Pipeline Unveils Plans for $314 Mln Diluent Terminal Development in Alberta  (Article Dated: 10/24/2014)

·        Statoil Calls Off 40,000-bpd Canadian Oil Sand Development  (Article Dated: 10/23/2014)

·        Fort Hills Awards Oil Sands Contract Worth $1.3 Bln to Fluor  (Article Dated: 10/23/2014)

·        Oil Sands Companies to Adopt Voluntary Environmental Commitments in Canada  (Article Dated: 10/23/2014)

·        Excelsior Engineering Selected as EPCM Contractor by Field Upgrading  (Article Dated: 10/23/2014)

·        Thailand Awaits Vietnamese Decision on $22 Bln Petrochemicals Development  (Article Dated: 10/22/2014)

·        Saudi Arabia’s Advanced Petrochemical to Enhance Polypropylene Capacity in 2015  (Article Dated: 10/21/2014)

·        Egyptian Refining’s $3.7 Bln Mostorod Refinery Upgrade Underway  (Article Dated: 10/21/2014)

·        China's New PDH Plants Face up to Asian Propylene Glut  (Article Dated: 10/21/2014)

·        Engineers India Wins Order from Assam Petrochemicals to Start Methanol and Acetic Acid  (Article Dated: 10/21/2014)

·        Ineos Suspends Plans for U.S. Gulf Coast Ethylene Oxide Unit  (Article Dated: 10/21/2014)

·        Egypt to Invest $14.5 Bln in Petrochemicals and Refining over Five Years  (Article Dated: 10/21/2014)  

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SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY UPDATE HEADLINES

October 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS

UMC to Invest in China Foundry

Growing Semiconductor Manufacturing in Vietnam

IBM to pay GlobalFoundries to take over Chip Fabs

Deal for Quad-C Project

Samsung to Invest in New Semiconductor Fab

Cardiff University Investment includes Compound Semiconductor Institute

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Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Industry Update

October 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS

UNITED STATES

DPx Holdings expands NC Patheon Facility

Baxter Transitions Biopharma R&D to a New Hub in Cambridge

Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging Relocates to New Production Facility

Crown Bioscience Expands U.S. Translational Research Center

Ashland Opens Pharmaceutical Center of Excellence in Wilmington

DPT Acquires Meda Pharma's NJ Facilities

Argos Begins Construction on New Biomanufacturing Facility

Insight Genetics Doubled Laboratory Space

Weill Cornell Belfer Research Building, New York

Rutgers University Chemistry and Chemical Biology Building

Clinical and Translational Research Building, University of Florida

Wistar Institute’s Biomedical Research Facility Expansion, Philadelphia

PCI Opens North American Clinical Facility

Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine Opens

Aastrom Biosciences Moving from Ann Arbor, MI

Texas A&M University Adding Mobile Cleanrooms

CSL Behring Launches Capacity Expansion

Nypro Expands Manufacturing Footprint in Massachusetts

DPx Holdings to Acquire Gallus BioPharmaceuticals

PSC Investments Announces Acquisition from Morgridge Institute

UFP Technologies Opens New Cleanroom in Massachusetts

Millstone Medical Outsourcing to Break Ground for Headquarters Expansion

Medbio Adds to its Manufacturing Capacity

RSSL Opens New Laboratory

Renaissance RX Expanding Operations in New Orleans

REST OF WORLD

SGS Completes Glasgow Expansion

J&J Launches Asia Pac Innovation Center

SEPPIC Opens New Packaging Line

Telstar Builds High Containment Lab for Medichem

IDT Biologika Completes Biologics and Vaccines Facility

CSL Behring Plans Expansion of Illinois, Australia Sites

Lilly to Close One of Three Manufacturing Operations in Puerto Rico

WuXi PharmaTech Acquires XenoBiotic Labs

West Expands Global Manufacturing Ops

SGS to Open New Lab in France

Boehringer Ingelheim to Expand Manufacturing in Germany

Herzog & de Meuron Unveils Basel Campus for Roche Healthcare

Myriad Opens Analysis Lab in Europe

West Pharmaceutical Services Packaging Plant, Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, India

Scion Laboratory Renovation, Rotorua, New Zealand

Waters and Chinese Pharmacopeia to Establish Joint Open Laboratory

Sterigenics International Expansion in U.S. and Europe

Rhythmlink International Expands with New Cleanroom

Escatec Doubles ISO Class 7 Cleanroom

Tergus Grows Manufacturing Capabilitie

Sanofi Sets Up R&D Hub in Booming Shanghai

Monsanto Launches Mexico Center for Developing GMO Corn

Hikma:  API facility bolsters our oncology pipeline

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WORLD POWER GENERATION PROJECTS HEADLINES

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