Pump Suppliers Utilize Acquisitions for Product, Application and Geographical
Growth
A number of pump company acquisitions have taken place in the last year. All of
these are chronicled in Pumps World Market published by the McIlvaine Company.
(www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Recent Pump Mergers
Purchaser Acquired company
Nikkisso Cryo JC Carter
Graco White knight
Graco High Pressure Equipment
Graco GeoBlaster
Graco Multimaq-Pistolas
Graco QED environmental
graco EcoQuipm
Graco Alco Valve
Flowserve SIHI
Dover Accelerated companies
Dover Wellmark
Haliburton Baker Hughes
Forum Energy J- Mac Tools
Hidrostal Bedford Pumps
Patterson-UTI Texas Pressure Pumping Assets
Gorman Rupp Bayou City
Franklin Brazilian pump company
Sulzer Grayson Armature
CRI FIPS
CDR Ashton
Alfa Laval Frank Mohn
Many of the purchasers of pumps are international companies and prefer to deal
with suppliers who can support their projects in all areas of the world. A
number of recent acquisitions are motivated by the desire to extend the
geographical reach of the acquiring company.
Nearly half the acquisitions are associated with the oil and gas industry. This
reflects the increased demand for high performance pumps in unconventional
extraction.
Several acquisitions involve expansion of pump product lines e.g. metering
pumps. Others involve the purchase of companies with compatible product lines
e.g. pumps and valves. Alfa Laval has pursued this strategy to a greater extent
than most of its competitors. It supplies not only pumps and valves but the
centrifuges, filters, heat exchangers and other equipment which requires flow
control. So it can supply complete systems which utilize a higher percentage of
its own products than most competitors.
For more information on N019 Pumps World Market, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/116-n019
More Than 30 New Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining Projects per Week
Despite the lower price of oil, McIlvaine is still reporting more than 30 new
projects per week in its Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining Markets and Projects.
(www.mcilvainecompany.com)
The low oil prices are discouraging exploration, but they are not slowing the
plans already in place to develop known reserves. Many of the projects require
multibillion dollar investments. The expected return on investment is already
based on fluctuating oil prices over the twenty year projected plant life.
Saudi Aramco has just predicted that projects totaling $1 trillion would be
delayed or canceled. Saudi Aramco itself has put on hold its deep water oil and
gas exploration and drilling activities in the Red Sea and suspended plans to
build a $2 billion clean fuels plant at its largest oil refinery in Ras Tanura.
Countering this perspective, Saudi Arabia's King Salman said that the kingdom
would continue oil and gas exploration despite the fall in crude prices and
vowed to build a strong, diversified economy.
The oil price drop will have an impact, but activity will continue at levels
higher than that experienced in previous slumps. Many shale projects will be at
least marginally profitable when oil is at $60/barrel.
Some deep water projects (the Gulf of Mexico and West Africa) will be the
highest-cost source of supply and will, therefore, be most sensitive to the
fluctuating price.
The cost of capital for projects has decreased along with oil prices. This has
the effect of lowering the break-even point for projects.
The level of new project activity is reduced from its highs over the last
several years but continues at a level above average for the last two decades.
For more information on N049 Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining Markets and Projects,
click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/28-energy/471-n049
$7 Billion/Yr. Market for Filtration and Separation to Improve Product Quality
The markets for filtration and separation equipment and services can be
segmented based on four major process categories:
• Water intake and purification
• Cooling and auxiliary process support
• Wastewater treatment
• Product quality and recovery
The $7 billion/yr. product quality and recovery market is the most profitable
segment of the filtration and separation industry. Filtration and separation is
critical to product quality and recovery in:
• Food and beverage
• Chemicals
• Pharmaceuticals
• Petroleum products
The safety, color, consistency, taste and other qualities affecting food and
beverage salability are modified by centrifuges, cartridges, filter presses,
cross-flow membranes, automatic backwash filters, and filter bags.
Many chemical processes are a series of filtration and separation stages.
Separation of the final product from the intermediate is a major stage in
pharmaceutical preparation. Product purification is a series of filtration and
separation stages in petroleum refining.
The largest single use of filtration and separation to improve product quality
is in direct liquefaction of coal. The steps are size reduction, filtration and
hydrogenation. The cost of thermal treatment used in conventional indirect
gasification is avoided. A large coal liquefaction plant would have a filtration
investment of over $50 million.
Filtration and separation profit margins from the segments dealing with product
quality are higher than other segments for the following reasons:
• Higher investment is easily justified by a better product.
• Each application technology is unique. This creates a barrier to entry for
those suppliers without the knowledge.
The product quality and recovery applications are addressed in the following
McIlvaine publications:
N024 Cartridge Filters: World Market
N020 RO, UF, MF World Market
N006 Liquid Filtration and Media World Markets
N005 Sedimentation and Centrifugation World Markets
“Power Plant Wastewater Treatment Options and Obstacles Expand” - Hot Topic Hour
March 12, 2015
Power Plant Wastewater Treatment Options and Obstacles Expand Webinar - Hot
Topic Hour March 12, 2015
With new effluent guide limits set to be promulgated later this year, there is
lots of interest in technologies to minimize wastewater and to better treat the
water which is discharged.
Revision Date: 3/12/2015
Tags: 221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, 221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, U.S. DOE, Veolia,
Heat Exchanger, Forward Osmosis, Zero Liquid Discharge System, Selenium, Reverse
Osmosis, Electrodeionization
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With new effluent guide limits set to be promulgated later this year, there is
lots of interest in technologies to minimize wastewater and to better treat the
water which is discharged. A range of subjects were discussed by four speakers.
Jeff Tate of Agape explained that the pre-filtration-RO-Electro deionization
combination is the desired approach to ultrapure water for power plants. The
wastewater caused by the RO reject can be minimized with a second stage RO
system.
Power Plant Wastewater Treatment by Jeff Tate, Agape - Hot Topic Hour March 12,
2015
Jeff explained that the pre-filtration-RO-Electro deionization combination is
the desired approach to ultrapure water for power plants.
Revision Date: 3/12/2015
Tags: 221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, 221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, Agape Water
Solutions, Wastewater, Reverse Osmosis, Electrodeionization
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Brian Clarke of Kiewit provided a comprehensive analysis of wastewater treatment
options. There are two factors impacting the decision
• Meet NPDES effluent limit requirement
• Minimize the amount of fresh water consumed
The ultimate reduction route is Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD). Evaporated water
can be condensed and utilized.
Zero Liquid Discharge Details and Water Chemistry by Brian Clarke, Kiewit - Hot
Topic Hour March 12, 2015
Brian presented an analysis of wastewater treatment options.
Revision Date: 3/12/2015
Tags: 221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, 221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, Kiewit, Wastewater,
Zero Liquid Discharge System
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Barbara Carney of DOE pointed out that forward osmosis can utilize the waste
heat in the the plant to purify water and this should make it attractive. The
forward osmosis program is one of four now underway in the wastewater sector.
Water Management in Thermoelectric Power Generation by Barbara Carney, NETL, DOE
- Hot Topic Hour March 12, 2015
Barbara pointed out that forward osmosis can utilize the waste heat in the the
plant to purify water and this should make it attractive.
Revision Date: 3/12/2015
Tags: 221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, 221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, U.S. DOE,
Wastewater, Heat Exchanger, Forward Osmosis
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Caroline Dale of Veolia Water reported that the moving membrane bio reactor has
performed well in tests on FGD wastewater. It is removing enough selenium to
meet the new Utility ELG which will be promulgated later this year. Caroline was
asked why the process was upflow rather than downflow. She replied, “The reason
for operating the SeleniumZero column in upflow mode is to avoid compressing the
absorption media. Since there are very few solids going into the column, we do
not need the filtration function. “
Selenium Reduction by Caroline Dale, Veolia - Hot Topic Hour March 12, 2015
Caroline reported that the moving membrane bio reactor has performed well in
tests on FGD wastewater. It is removing enough selenium to meet the new Utility
ELG which will be promulgated later this year.
Revision Date: 3/12/2015
Tags: 221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, 221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, Veolia, Wastewater,
Selenium
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The entire March 12 recording can be heard at: Power Plant Wastewater Treatment
You will need to enter your name and email address after clicking link to view
recording.
Headlines for Utility E-Alert – March 13, 2015
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1214 – March 13, 2015
Table of Contents
COAL – US
Fuel Tech awarded Air Pollution Control Orders totaling $4.8 Million
Duke fined $25 Million over Ash Pollution from retired Coal-fired Power Plant
FPL files Petition with Florida Public Service Commission to acquire Power
Plant it has under a Long-term Contract
COAL – WORLD
Marubeni, Alstom win $1Billion Coal-fired Power Project in Thailand
Alstom vows to bring State-of-Art Technology to Krabi Power Plant Bid
GAS/OIL – US
NRG Texas Power nears Permit for New Unit at Bertron Power Plant
Lackawanna County, PA Planning Commission tackles Power Plant Issue
GAS/OIL – WORLD
UK Combined Cycle Power Station approved
Siemens to supply Four E-Class Turbines to Attaka Power Plant in Egypt
Contracts awarded for 12 Gas-fired Power Plants in Thailand
Largest Gas-fired Power plant in Alberta fully Operational
BIOMASS
Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S awarded Contracts for South Yorkshire Biomass
Power Plant
NUCLEAR
China approves First Nuclear Power Project since 2011
SCANA requests Update on Construction and Capital Cost Schedules for New
Nuclear Units in South Carolina
BUSINESS
SO3 Poses New Challenges and Opportunities for Power Plants
Lhoist to add Sorbacal SP Capacity
Eversource Energy to sell Coal-fired and Hydro Power Plants
HOT TOPIC HOUR
“Power Plant Wastewater Treatment Options and Obstacles Expand” was Hot Topic
March 12, 2015
Major Developments to be analyzed in Hot Gas Treatment – Systems and
Components - March 19th Hot Topic Hour
NOx Control Options analyzed by Q & A in March 26, 2015 Hot Topic Hour
Dry Sorbent Injection Options and Issues is the Hot Topic Hour April 9
Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
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McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration
On Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. Central time, McIlvaine hosts a 90 minute web meeting
on important energy and pollution control subjects. These Webinars are free of
charge to owner/operators of the plants. They are also free to McIlvaine
Subscribers of Power Plant Air Quality Decisions and Utility Tracking System.
The cost for others is $300.00 per webinar.
See below for information on upcoming Hot Topic Hours. We welcome your input
relative to suggested additions.
DATE SUBJECT DESCRIPTION
March 26, 2015 NOx (SCR, SNCR)
April 9, 2015 Direct Sorbent Injection (DSI)
April 16, 2015 Air Monitoring
April 23, 2015 No Webinar but on-site interviews at Electric Power in Chicago.
April 30, 2015 MACT Update
May 7, 2015 Wet Calcium FGD
May 14, 2015 Gas Turbine Intake Filters
May 21, 2015 Power Plant Valves
May 28, 2015 No webinar but on-site interviews at Industrial Valve Summit in
Bergamo, Italy
Click here for the Subscriber and Power Plant or Cement Plant Owner/Operator
Registration Form
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Bob McIlvaine
President
847-784-0012 ext 112
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
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