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Market Intelligence webinars are free to McIlvaine market report.

 

2012

 

DATE

SUBJECT

 

November 15

Dampers and Expansion Joints for Coal-fired and Gas Turbine Power Plants

Power

November 29

Catalyst Selection for NOx and Other Gases

Power

December 6

Boiler Feed and Cooling Water Treatment

Power

December 13

Co-firing Sewage Sludge, Biomass and Municipal Waste

Power

 

2013

 

January 10

Update on Oxy-fuel Combustion

Power

January 17

Production of Fertilizer and Sulfuric Acid at Coal-fired Power Plants                  

Power

January 24

Gypsum Dewatering

Power

January 31

Filter media (forecasts and market drivers for media used in air, gas, liquid, fluid applications, both mobile and stationary).

Market

Intelligence

February 7

Valves for Power Plants, Boilers and Water Treatment Facilities

Power

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UTILITY E-ALERT

Here are the Headlines for the November 2, 2012 – Utility E-Alert

#1099 – November 2, 2012

Table of Contents

COAL – US

COAL – WORLD

§  Meralco pursues Two Coal-fired Power Plants and LNG-fired Power Plants

§  USD 450 Million Turkish Bid to build 200 MW Power Plant in Sinai, Egypt

 

GAS/OIL / US

 

§  Calpine proceeding with 309 MW Garrison Energy Center in Delaware

 

GAS/OIL – WORLD

CO2

NUCLEAR

§  China to proceed with Nuclear Power Plants

BUSINESS

§  Celanese to Convert Boilers from Coal-firing to Natural Gas

HOT TOPIC HOUR

§  Cooling Towers and Cooling Water Hot Topic Hour November 1, 2012

§  Hot Topic Hour on November 8 at 10 a.m. (CST) is "FGD Scrubber Components"

§  Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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Oil and Gas Industry Valve Purchases to Exceed $9 Billion Next Year

Sales of valves to the oil and gas industry are expected to be $9.2 billion next year according to the latest McIlvaine forecasts in Industrial Valves: World Markets.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com

($ Millions)

World Region

2013

 Africa

 1,517

 CIS

 965

 East Asia

 716

 Eastern Europe

 27

 Middle East

 2,503

 NAFTA

 1,749

 South & Central America

 972

 West Asia

 168

 Western Europe

 628

 Total

9,245

The Middle East will generate the most revenue, but NAFTA is closing the gap.  Large numbers of valves are required in hydraulic fracturing.  In the U.S., there is a very large investment in extraction of liquids from the so-called wet shale in the west and gas from dry shale areas in Texas and Pennsylvania.

The market is also expanding due to the expenditures to liquefy natural gas. In the U.S., terminals which were built to import and gasify LNG are now being converted over to liquefy the U.S. shale gas and export it.

New regulations on fugitive emissions also impact the valve market. Systems to capture gas now released during well completion incorporate a number of valves. The reclamation and reuse of wastewater is also an expanding application for valves.

Sub-sea applications challenge valve suppliers with requirements for high pressure and performance. The corrosive nature of flow-back fluids in hydraulic fracturing, present a challenge in materials selection.

The transport of gas liquids which are a byproduct of the shale gas extraction provide still another valve application.  There are also plans to invest more than $20 billion in gas-to-liquid plants.  These plants will take advantage of the disparity between natural gas and oil prices. These plants will each require thousands of valves.

For more information on Industrial Valves: World Markets, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#n028

 $9 Billion Cross-flow Membrane Market Will Grow Faster Than the Economy Next Year

The markets for cross-flow membranes and equipment will grow faster than the economy and faster than total revenues for the multi product companies pursuing this market. This is the conclusion reached in the latest forecast in RO, UF, MF World Market, published by the McIlvaine Company.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

(World Cross-flow Membrane Filtration Revenues

($ Millions)

Subject

2012

2013

 Micro Equipment

 1,824.49

 1,925.87

 Micro Membranes

 473.43

 490.14

 RO Equip

 3,355.28

 3,661.86

 RO Membranes

 998.53

 1,070.79

 UF Equipment

 1,968.16

 2,085.38

 UF Membranes

 608.72

 634.45

 Total

9,229

9,869

In 2013, total revenues will increase by 6.9 percent and RO membrane sales will increase by 7 percent, whereas RO equipment sales are forecast to increase by over 9 percent. The equipment sales are more volatile. Growth is higher than membrane sales in recovery periods and lower than membrane sales in the downturns.  2013 is part of the upturn and, therefore, it is expected that equipment growth will exceed the consumables or membrane revenue growth.

Revenue Growth % for Selected Companies

Company

2013

2014

Dow

5.71

4.63

GE

4.83

3.88

Kurita

5.07

4.71

Siemens

3.78

4.57

Toray

3.82

4.18

All the large cross-flow filtration companies are divisions of larger companies. Total revenues for these companies are expected to increase in the range of 4-5 percent over the next two years. Therefore, the membrane groups will be higher performing than the total corporations.

For more information on RO, UF, MF World Market  http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#no20       

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