CHEMICAL UPDATE HEADLINES - OCTOBER 2013
 
INDUSTRY
  
  - U.S. Chemical Earnings Up in Third Quarter
- Brazil Ramps Up Plastics Resins Imports
 
COMPANY NEWS
  
  - DuPont Announces Separation of Performance Chemicals Segment
- Dow Sells Polypropylene Licensing Business to W.R. Grace
- Three Former Clariant Businesses Now Operating under Archroma Name
- Solvay to Open Largest Sodium Bicarbonate Plant in Southeast Asia
- Solvay Launches Bio-Based PPA for Smart Phones
- Linde to Add Liquefier Component at Texas Facility
- BASF to Acquire Specialized Enzyme Biotechnology Company Verenium
- BASF Announces $42.6 million Polyurethane Blending Facility in Louisiana
 
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MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS UPDATE 
HEADLINES - October 2013
 
ALABAMA
  
  - Fairhope WWTP to Get $10.8 Million Upgrade
 
ARIZONA
  
  - Show Low Requesting Bids for Wastewater Project
 
CALIFORNIA
  
  - Santa Rosa Plans $40 Million Upgrade for WWTP
- VVRA Receives Funding for WWTP Project
- Desalitech to Supply Advanced Wastewater Treatment Pilot System to LA 
  County Sanitation Districts
- Hesperia Planning $30 Million WWTP Project
- Pacific Grove Pursues 5-Part Water Plan
- $11.7 Million for Holtsville Wastewater Project
- San Diego to make Water Reuse Decision
 
COLORADO
  
  - $13.5 Million for Repairs for Northern Colorado Water, Sewer Systems
 
CONNECTICUT
  
  - $5 Million for Plainfield Wastewater Projects
 
FLORIDA
  
  - $25 Million for Daytona WWTP
 
GEORGIA
  
  - Hall County Wastewater Plan being Considered
- Madison Considers New Equipment for WWTP
- Warner Robbins WWTP undergoing $28 Million Upgrade
- Forsyth County to Build New $31 Million Wastewater Plant
- Gwinnett Approves $16 Million Project for Water Plant
 
IDAHO
  
  - Jerome to Upgrade WWTP
- $5 Million for Effingham Water Treatment Plant, Sewer System Improvements
- Blackfoot Seeks $2.9 Million for Wastewater Plant Upgrade
 
ILLINOIS
  
  - Quincy Requesting Bids for WWTP Repairs
- Chicago WWTP Discovers How to Harness Extra Energy at WWTP
 
IOWA
  
  - Northwood to Upgrade Wastewater Plant
 
LOUISIANA
  
  - Franklinton WWTP Repair Project in Design Phase
- Construction of $12 Million Plaquemine WWTP Begins
 
MASSACHUSETTS
  
  - Otsego Planning WWTP Improvements
 
MICHIGAN
  
  - New Baltimore to develop Asset Management Plan for WWTP
- Maryville to Apply for Storm, Wastewater Grant
 
MINNESOTA
  
  - Mabel City accepts Bids for Water, Sewer Projects
- Blooming Prairie Updates WWTP
 
MISSISSIPPI
  
  - West Point Upgrading WWTP
 
MISSOURI
  
  - $32 Million Requested for Columbia’s Wastewater Plant Upgrades
- $6.25 Million for Taney County WWTP Project
 
MONTANA
  
  - MT Treatment Plant to Receive Upgrades for Nutrient Removal Requirements
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE
  
  - $40 Million for Exeter WWTP
 
NEW JERSEY
  
  - Mendham Township receives Grant for WWTP Upgrade
 
NEW MEXICO
  
  - $31 Million for Albuquerque WWTP Upgrade
- $5.5 Million for New WWTP in Cimarron
 
NEW YORK
  
  - Rome OKs Bond for $3 Million for WWTP Repairs
- Bay Park WWTP Begins Repairs
- Watertown Proceeding with Plans to Produce Methane Gas
- EPA Orders Middleton to Address Clean Water Act Violations
- $262 Million for Bay Park WWTP Upgrade including Odor Control
 
NORTH DAKOTA
  
  - Watford Planning for Mechanical Wastewater Treatment
 
OHIO
  
  - Columbus Begins $25 Million WWTP Upgrade
- Stark County Begins WWTP Improvement Project
- Tuscarawas County WWTP Needs Upgrade
- Massillon to Vote on $24 Million Upgrade to WWTP
 
OREGON
  
  - Glendale Working to Resolve Wastewater Plant Problems
 
PENNSYLVANIA
  
  - Spring City to Upgrade WWTP
 
SOUTH CAROLINA
  
  - Georgetown WWTP Out of Compliance
 
TENNESSEE
  
  - Pegram Pursues $449,000 Sewer Loan
 
WEST VIRGINIA
  
  - Berkeley County Planning $47 Million Upgrade to WWTPs
 
CANADA
  
  - Regina Referendum Results in Favor of P3 Sewage Plant
 
BUSINESS NEWS
  
  - Wastewater Treatment Solutions Highlighted at WEFTEC
 
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OIL & GAS SALES LEADS HEADLINES – November 8, 2013
 
(Listed by most current date)
 
  - Without a Buyer Murphy Oil May Close Wales Milford Haven Refinery  
  (Article Dated: 11/8/2013) 
 
  - Honeywell to Modernize Swedish Preemraf Lysekil Oil Refinery  
  (Project Dated: 11/8/2013) 
 
  - Electrical Installation JV Created for Whiting Refinery Modernization 
  Project  (Project Dated: 11/8/2013) 
 
  - Foster Wheeler Wins FEED for Khurais Arabian Light Crude Increment Program  
  (Contract Dated: 11/8/2013) 
 
  - Iraq Signs $6 Bln Refinery Contract with Swiss Firm Satarem  
  (Contract Dated: 11/8/2013) 
 
  - Wison Launches Zhoushan Fabrication Yard with Venezuela's RPLC Refinery 
  Project  (Project Dated: 11/8/2013) 
 
  - Iraq Wins Oil Supply Deal at China Sinochem Refinery  (Article Dated: 
  11/8/2013) 
 
  - Trading House Gunvor Looks to Raise Stake in European Oil Refining  
  (Article Dated: 11/7/2013) 
 
  - BP Whiting Refinery Project Getting Closer to Completion  (Project 
  Dated: 11/7/2013) 
 
  - Honeywell's UOP to Help PT Pertamina Develop Modernization Plan for 
  Indonesian Refineries  (Article Dated: 11/7/2013) 
 
  - Uganda Seeks Investor to Build $2.5 Bln Oil Refinery  (Project Dated: 
  11/7/2013) 
 
  - Citgo Plans FCC Work at Lake Charles Refinery in 2014  (Article 
  Dated: 11/7/2013) 
 
  - MOL Group to Convert Italy’s Mantova Refinery into 'Products Logistics 
  Hub'  (Project Dated: 11/7/2013) 
 
  - Wison Wins $834 Mln Contract for Puerto La Cruz Refinery Deep Conversion 
  Project  (Contract Dated: 11/7/2013) 
 
  - Global Data Says China Refinery Cancellation Will Have 'Far-Reaching 
  Consequences'  (Project Cancelled Dated: 11/7/2013) 
 
  - ICA Fluor Awarded Contract for Miguel Hidalgo Refinery in Mexico  
  (Contract Dated: 11/6/2013) 
 
  - Foster Wheeler Signs Agreement with Khabarovsk Oil Processing Refinery in 
  Russia  (Project Dated: 11/6/2013) 
 
  - Yokogawa Wins Mizushima Refinery FEED Contract from JX Nippon Oil & Energy 
  Corp  (Order Dated: 11/6/2013) 
 
  - Saudi Aramco and Total Set to Begin Exports at New Jubail Refinery Venture  
  (Project Dated: 11/6/2013) 
 
  - Essar Energy to Sell Kenya’s Only Refinery to Government  (Sale 
  Dated: 11/6/2013) 
 
  - Invensys to Supply Refining Simulators Software for KBR  (Agreement 
  Dated: 11/6/2013) 
 
  - Dubai Signs with China Sonangol to Build Oil Refinery  (Project 
  Dated: 11/6/2013) 
 
  - Aramco, Total Ship First Refined Product Cargo from New Jubail Complex  
  (Project Dated: 11/6/2013) 
 
  - Foster Wheeler to Supply Fired Heaters for Russia’s KINEF Refinery 
  Expansion  (Contract Dated: 11/6/2013) 
 
  - Honeywell to Help New Production Facility Meet Rising Demand For Clean 
  Energy  (Project Dated: 11/4/2013) 
 
  - Rosneft and ExxonMobil Select Contractors for Russian Far East LNG Project 
  FEED  (Project Dated: 11/4/2013) 
 
  - GP Strategies Corp to Build Thirteen LNG Fueling Stations for UPS  
  (Contract Dated: 11/4/2013) 
 
  - Project Development Agreement for Lake Charles LNG Export Terminal  
  (Agreement Dated: 11/4/2013) 
 
  - GE to Provide Almost $600 Mln in Turbomachinery Equipment for Yamal LNG 
  Megaproject  (Contract Dated: 11/4/2013) 
 
  - Wison Installs LNG Storage Tanks into the World's First FLNG Production 
  Unit  (Project Dated: 11/4/2013) 
 
  - Alaska LNG Project Selects Lead Terminal Location  (Project Dated: 
  11/1/2013) 
 
  - Enbridge in Talks with Natural Gas Producers about British Columbia LNG 
  Pipeline  (Article Dated: 11/1/2013) 
 
  - Malaysia's Petronas to Spend $35 Bln on Canadian LNG Project  
  (Project Dated: 11/1/2013) 
 
  - Stabilis Energy and Flint Hills Resources to Build LNG Liquefaction 
  Facilities for Oilfield Fuel Consumers  (Project Dated: 11/1/2013) 
 
  - Chevron and Tohoku Electric Sign Wheatstone LNG Agreement  (Agreement 
  Dated: 11/1/2013) 
 
  - GDF Suez to Operate Uruguay's First FLNG Terminal  (Agreement Dated: 
  10/31/2013) 
 
  - DSME Awards Veolia's MPPE Water Treatment Technology Contract for Ichthys 
  LNG Project  (Contract Dated: 10/31/2013) 
 
  - Applied Natural Gas Fuels, Inc. to Build LNG Production Platform in Texas  
  (Project Dated: 10/31/2013) 
 
  - Alfa Laval Wins Natural Gas Order in the U.S.  (Order Dated: 
  10/31/2013) 
 
  - Clean Energy, Ferus Natural Gas Fuels, GE Join Forces to Jointly Deliver 
  LNG  (Article Dated: 10/31/2013) 
 
  - Dominion Welcomes DOE Approval for Natural Gas Exports From Cove Point  
  (Project Dated: 10/31/2013) 
 
  - Finland’s Gasum Gets Approval for LNG Terminal  (Project Dated: 
  10/30/2013) 
 
  - BG Group May Buy Gas Fields in Canada to Produce LNG for Asia  
  (Article Dated: 10/30/2013) 
 
  - Freeport LNG Signs 20-year Liquefaction Tolling Agreement with Toshiba  
  (Agreement Dated: 10/30/2013) 
 
  - Novatek, CNPC and Chinese Banks Conclude Memorandum On Project Financing 
  For Yamal LNG  (Project Dated: 10/30/2013) 
 
  - Freeport LNG Expects 3rd Train FID by End-2014  (Project Dated: 
  10/30/2013) 
 
  - ConocoPhillips Warns of Possible LNG Oversupply  (Article Dated: 
  10/30/2013) 
 
  - Oman LNG and Qalhat LNG Join Forces  (Article Dated: 10/30/2013) 
 
  - East Timor Offers New Bid of $800 Mln for Onshore Gas Processing  
  (Project Dated: 10/30/2013) 
 
  - Reliance Power Pulls Out of Proposed LNG Terminal JV with Shell  
  (Article Dated: 10/30/2013) 
 
  - Huge Estimates of Untapped Shale Oil in Australia’s Arckaringa Basin  
  (Article Dated: 10/29/2013)
 
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