Water & Wastewater Treatment Chemicals World Market Update –
May 2013
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CHEMICAL INDUSTRY NEWS
Global Water Treatment Chemicals Market to Grow at a CAGR of 4 Percent to 2015
BASF to Sell Industrial Water Management to Degrémont
Ashland Pushed by Jana Seen Higher With Split
German Chemicals Giant Unveils Huge Asia Investment
Nature Group PLC: NOG Signs Contract with IKM Gruppen
Kemira Sees Oil, Gas Regulations Boosting Water Treatment Market
NSF International Opens Abu Dhabi Office
NEW PLANT CONSTRUCTION NEWS
Texas Wastewater Treatment Plant Turns Sewage into Drinking Water
Water Treatment Capacity recently increased in Clermont County
TECHNOLOGY/NEW PRODUCT NEWS
Alcoa Completes First Engineered Wetlands Wastewater Treatment system in Saudi
Arabia
U.S. Water Treatment Specialists Establish European Base
Tel Venture Capital Invests in MIOX Corp.
On the “Verge” of Waterless Fracking?
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GDP Update - June 2013
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AMERICAS
United States
Canada
Latin America
ASIA
Australia
India
Singapore
EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
EUROPEAN UNION
Hungary
Portugal
United Kingdom
AMERICAS
United States
Real gross domestic product (GDP), the total output of goods and services in the
U.S., increased at an annual rate of 2.4% in the first quarter of 2013, the
Bureau of Economic Analysis announced.
This is the first revision for Q1 GDP and a slight decrease from original
estimates of an annual growth rate 2.5%.
“With the second estimate for the first quarter, increases in private inventory
investment, in exports, and in imports were less than previously estimated, but
the general picture of overall economic activity is not greatly changed,” the
report reads.
“The increase in real GDP in the first quarter primarily reflected positive
contributions from personal consumption expenditures (PCE), private inventory
investment, residential fixed investment, nonresidential fixed investment, and
exports that were partly offset by negative contributions from federal
government spending and state and local government spending,” the report adds.
Imports, a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, also increased according to
the report.
The increase in Q1 GDP – unlike Q4’s paltry 0.4 – was driven by accelerations in
private inventory investment, PCE, decreases in fed spending, and an upturn in
exports that were “partly offset by an upturn in imports” and a “deceleration in
nonresidential fixed investment.”
Real personal consumption expenditures increased 3.4% in the first quarter,
compared with an increase of 1.8% in the fourth, the report notes…………Remaining
text not included in this sample.
Canada
“Just as the financial crisis triggered an atypical recession, the recovery
cycle is unusual,” Mr. Poloz said in prepared remarks for the House of Commons
Finance Committee. “We need to see the reconstruction of Canada’s economic
potential, and a return to self-sustaining, self-generating growth.”
Mr. Poloz’s remarks were broad, offering little insight on whether he will push
for a shift in the central bank’s current policy stance. He called the central
bank’s inflation target “sacrosanct” and echoed long-standing central bank
doctrine the exchange rates should be determined by market forces.
There is a view among some market participants that Mr. Poloz could take a
different view on the dollar than his predecessor, Mark Carney, whose tenure at
the Bank of Canada ended on the weekend. Mr. Poloz, who was leading Canada’s
export finance agency when he was selected to lead the central bank, has boasted
of visiting some 70 executives in 2012. That closeness to exporters has caused
some to wonder if the new central bank governor might have more sympathy for
their concerns about a stronger currency.
If that’s true, it wasn’t evident. Mr. Poloz said the exchange rate has little
impact on the sales because those are determined by contracts between buyer and
seller. If the exchange rate changes in the meantime, the “only thing that
changes is the amount of money the company gets,” in other words, profit
margins, Mr. Poloz said.
The committee hearing offered the first opportunity for financial markets to
assess Mr. Poloz, a surprise choice over Tiff Macklem, the No. 2 at the Bank of
Canada who had built a sterling reputation as one of Canada’s most effective
performers during the financial crisis. When Finance Minister Jim Flaherty
introduced the new governor of the Bank of Canada last month, he offered no
detailed explanation of why he had determined that Mr. Poloz was best suited for
the job.
Questions from Conservative members of Parliament offered a clue. Brian Jean
from Alberta and Cathy McLeod from British Columbia remarked on Mr. Poloz’s
experience at Export Development Canada, which he joined in 1999 as chief
economist, rising to chief executive in 2011. “I can’t think of anyone better
suited for the job,” said Mr. Jean. “You’re quite a success story.”…….Remaining
text not included in this sample
Latin America
Mexico’s economy will grow 2.96% this year, according to the median estimate in
the central bank’s monthly survey published today, compared with the 3.35%
estimated in the previous poll. Brazil economists cut their growth forecast for
a third week to 2.77 percent, according to the central bank’s weekly survey of
about 100 analysts.
Growth in the two economies that make up almost two thirds of Latin America’s
gross domestic product slowed in the first quarter as exports weakened and
domestic demand remained sluggish. Mexico’s central bank will probably cut
interest rates for a second time this year, while Brazil is raising rates as
inflation accelerates, said Marcelo Salomon, the co-head of Latin America
economics at Barclays Plc.
ASIA
Australia
Australia's economic growth was sluggish in the March quarter, and that pace is
likely to continue as the peak in mining investment looms.
Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.6% in the first three months of the year,
the Australian Bureau of Statistics said, below the market forecast of 0.8%.
The annual pace of growth was 2.5%, the first time it was below 3% since the
last quarter of 2011.
There is evidence from the data that Australia's mining boom is moving into a
new phase.
In recent years, a lot of mining and resource projects have been under
construction, which was the main driver of economic growth.
That boom is expected to peak sometime in the next 12 months, but those new
projects will start production and there will be a lift in exports.
It is also hoped there will be a lift in other sectors of the economy like home
construction and retail spending, helped by the falling Australian dollar and
lower interest rates.
JP Morgan chief economist Stephen Walters said the contribution from mining
investment in the March quarter was fading with output in the mining state of
Western Australia diving.
Economic growth got a boost from a lift in mining exports, helped by a temporary
rise in commodity prices and a small lift in consumer spending.
"In fact, without the big boost from net exports, the economy would have
contracted last quarter," Mr Walters said.
"The lack of acceleration in output growth last quarter will be unwelcome news
for policy makers keen to see activity outside mining lift.……………Remaining text
not included in this sample
India
Global brokerage Morgan Stanley said the Indian economy has come out of the
trough and will grow at 6% in the current fiscal.
Sounding bullish on the stock markets, it pegged the Sensex target at 23,000 by
December.
"We are confident that the economy has come out of the furrow, though the
recovery will be gradual beginning the second half, and will close the fiscal at
6%," Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific economist Chetan Ahya said.
He has based his optimism on the recovery in exports which have been rising
since January, apart from the election-related spends that will help drive
consumption. He also pointed to the positive vibes since September last, which
could help revive investments…………...Remaining text not included in this sample
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Oil & Gas Latest Projects - May 2013
(Listed by most current date)
Woodside Seeks to Finalize $1.2 Bln Israeli Leviathan Gas Deal by June
(Purchase Dated: 5/28/2013)
GE's Power Conversion Signs $80 Mln in FSRU Electric and Propulsion Systems
Contracts (Contract Dated: 5/27/2013)
GE Technology to Power Cover Point Liquefaction Project
(Contract Dated: 5/24/2013
Keyera, Plains Midstream Explore Deep Basin Alberta NGL Pipeline
(Project Dated: 5/22/2013)
TransCanada Moves Forward on West-East Oil Pipeline Plan
(Project Dated: 5/22/2013)
Foster Wheeler Awarded SNG Studies by Pecket Energy in Chile
(Project Dated: 5/22/2013)
Key Energy Hopes to Build Water Treatment Plant in Carlsbad, NM
(Proposal Dated: 5/17/2013)
Ezra Wins Four New Contracts Totaling Nearly $120 Mln
(Contract Dated: 5/17/2013)
EU Countries Showing Interest in Ukraine's Gas Transportation and Storage System
(Article Dated: 5/17/2013)
Daybreak Oil and Gas Launches Six Well Drilling Program to Develop California
East Slopes Oil Project (Project Dated: 5/17/2013)
Mott MacDonald Awarded Engineering Consultancy Contract for Al Khafji Field
(Contract Dated: 5/17/2013)
Colorado Oil and Gas Companies Find Cleaning Toxic Liquid Waste an Expensive
Process (Analysis Dated: 5/17/2013)
Ecosphere Technologies, Inc. with Patented Ozonix Technology Selected as 2013
New Energy Pioneer (Article Dated: 5/17/2013)
Pars Oil & Gas Signs Six Deals with Iranian Companies
(Agreement Dated: 5/17/2013)
Mozambique and Tanzania Resurgence Reshapes Eastern Africa Oil Landscape
(Article Dated: 5/16/2013)
Chevron Announces Carnarvon Basin Natural Gas Discovery Offshore Australia
(Article Dated: 5/15/2013)
New Euclid, OH Pipe Plant Expects to Transform Coatings Industry
(Article Dated: 5/15/2013)
ProSep Awarded $2 Mln Contract for Produced Water Treatment Solution
(Contract Dated: 5/15/2013)
Austin Startup Omni Water Solutions Raises $4 Mln for Expansion
(Article Dated: 5/15/2013)
Ridgeline Announces New PA Water Treatment Facility and Expansion of NM Facility
(Project Dated: 5/15/2013)
Repsol Makes Three Oil Discoveries in Alaska
(Article Dated: 5/15/2013)
Both Critics and Supporters Unhappy with Obama Handling of Keystone Pipeline
Review (Article Dated: 5/15/2013)
Colorado Fracking Database Questioned by Harvard Study
(Analysis Dated: 5/15/2013)
Iran Terminates CNPCs' South Pars Phase 11 Contract
(Contract Dated: 5/14/2013)
Plains All American Announces New Cactus Oil Pipeline in Texas
(Project Dated: 5/14/2013)
Atlas Pipeline to Buy Eagle Ford Shale Midstream Business for $1Bln
(Agreement Dated: 5/14/2013)
BP to Invest Nearly $540 Mln in South Africa, Mozambique
(Investment Dated: 5/14/2013)
Shell Awards Jacobs Contract for Hong Kong Oil project
(Contract Dated: 5/14/2013)
Lyondell Basell Unveils Plans for NGL Fractionation at Corpus Christi
(Project Dated: 5/13/2013)
Williams Partners and Shell Form Midstream JV for Marcellus, Utica
(Project Dated: 5/13/2013)
Pembina Institute Report Calls for Tough Emissions Regulation for Canada's Oil
and Gas Industry (Article Dated: 5/13/2013)
Hyundai Awarded $1.89 Bln EPC Contract in Abu Dhabi
(Contract Dated: 5/13/2013)
McDermott Awarded $900 Mln Contracts in the Arabian Gulf
(Contract Dated: 5/13/2013)
Linde to Build Major Complex for Reliance in India
(Contract Dated: 5/13/2013)
Keyera Corp to Build Gas Gathering Pipeline, New Facilities for Simonette Gas
Plant (Investment Dated: 5/13/2013)
Reef Subsea Secures $15 Mln Subsea Construction Contract
(Contract Dated: 5/13/2013)
Aquatech Wins Produced Water Evaporator System Contract for Pengrowth’s SAGD
Facility (Project Dated: 5/6/2013)
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