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• Australia:  Queensland STP Selects GE’s MBR Technology to Increase Capacity
• China:  New Decree Requires Urban Storm Water and Sewage Treatment Planning
• India:  660 MW Power Plant Boiler will be Country's Largest to Run on Treated Wastewater
• India:  Ahmedabad to Sell Biogas Generated by Sewage Treatment Plant
• India:  Xylem Awarded Contract for Biological Treatment System for New Jamnagar WWTP
• India:  Pilgrimage City Awards US$3.6 Million Contract for New WWTP
• India:  Two-Year Old STPs Unable to Treat Sewage Due to Delay in Piping Upgrades

• Belarus:  Baltic Sea Organization Awards €5 Million Grant for Wastewater Upgrades
• Netherlands:  Israeli Technology "Mines" for Recyclable Biosolids Before they Become Sludge
• Romania:  EU and EBRD Approve Funding For €100 Million Water Project in Botosani County
• UK:  Europe’s First Nutrient Recovery Reactor Yields Phosphate Fertilizer and Reduces Clogging
• UK:  Award Winning Wastewater Treatment Works Opens in Peacehaven

• Israel:  Water Technology Exports Tripled in Last 5 Years, Topping US$2 Billion Annually
• Jordan:   US$121 Million South Amman WWTP to Start Partial Operations in 2014
• Kuwait:  Ministry Tenders US$18 Million Akila Sanitation Project; More Tenders Expected
• Qatar:  Government Aims for "Near Zero" Liquid Discharge by 2016

• Brazil:  Casan Prepares US$86 Million Wastewater Plan in Santa Catarina

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• Pelham OKs $1.4 Million for Wastewater Upgrade

• Berryville WWTP has Contract with CH2MHill

• $16.5 Million for Santa Rosa Wastewater Project
• $30 Million to Fix Dixon WWTP
• CH2M HILL to Help Build Sacramento Wastewater Facility
• EPA Funding to Improve California Water Quality
• Cost is Key Concern for Morro Bay Wastewater Plant Proposals

• $41.5 Million for Longmont Wastewater Improvement Project
• New $415 Million WWTP will support North Metro Denver Growth

• Zinc and Phosphorous could cost New Canaan $7 Million

• Valdosta Requesting bids for Wastewater Plant Project
• Edison Receives New MBRR for Wastewater Treatment Plant

• Jerome Gets Closer to Upgraded WWTP

• Gibson City Approves New Wastewater Equipment
• Spring Valley to Receive $9.5 Million for New WWTP

• Storm Lake Accepting Bids for $2.5 Million Wastewater Project

• Uxbridge Seeks Funds for Wastewater Plant Upgrade Study

• Manchester Seeking Grant for Water and Stormwater System
• Novi to Improve Sewer System with State Grant
• Manchester Upgrade to WWTP could Cost more than $1 Million

• Low Bid for Wastewater Plant surprises Summit

• Kirksville Considers WWTP Upgrade
• Krakow Faces Tougher Water Quality Rules

• Vaughn Cascade County Plans New WWTP

• Nevada wins $15 Million for Water, Wastewater Projects

• Rochester Prepares for $21 Million WWTP Upgrade

• Farmington Moves Forward with $10 Million Loan for Wastewater Project

• Rockaway WWTP has Odor Control Problems
• $6.4 Million to Update Carthage WWTP
• Cuomo Announces $815 Million for Next Phase of Sandy Recovery

• Cameron WWTP Needs Improvements

• Ashville moves forward with WWTP Project

• Locust Grove Bond Issue Passes; Wastewater Project Beginning

• Gold Hill gets Extra Time for Wastewater Plant Fix
• Fishermen Say Medford Sewage Hurts Rogue River Catch

• $41 Million for Regional WWTP
• Bethlehem 2014 Budget Seeks 15 Percent Water, Sewer Rate Increase
• Bids Awarded for Bradford WWTP Rehab
• Hamilton Township to see 50 Percent Jump in Sewer Rates
• Bids open for Lower Towamensing Twp. Wastewater Plant
• CMA Provides Project Updates
• Warren County WWTP must limit Salty Flow to Allegheny

• $27 Million to Upgrade RIRRC Wastewater Treatment

• Fort Mill Say Wastewater Expansion Needed

• Freeman considering $1.4 Million Upgrade to Wastewater Plant

• Cowan to Receive Funding for Wastewater Upgrade

• Cedar Park awards Bid for Wastewater Project

• Charlottesville Requesting Bids for Wastewater Project

• Altoona will share in $45 Million cost for Eau Claire WWTP Upgrade
• Bid awarded to Miron Construction for Lift Station

• Cost of New Delhi Wastewater Plant Higher than Planned
• Sechelt $25 Million WWTP Project Moves Forward
• Owen Sound Plans Wastewater Upgrades
• Toronto to Study Future Incinerator at Highland Creek WWTP

• Filter Technology Helps Control Wastewater Treatment Plant Odors

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(Listed By Most Current Date)

New Technologies Drive Down Costs, Shrink Carbon Footprint of Oil Sands Projects 

(Article Dated: 12/2/2013)

Inter Pipeline to Provide Diluent Transportation for Athabasca Oil Hangingstone Project  (Project Dated: 12/2/2013)

Canada’s NEB Projects Oil Production Bonanza  (Analysis Dated: 12/2/2013)

Total Seeking to Upsize Flagship Joslyn Oil Sands Mine in Alberta  (Article Dated: 12/2/2013)

New Generation of Projects Shows Oil Sands Industry Resolve to Expand 

(Article Dated: 12/2/2013)

Warren Buffett Increases Oil Sands Stake with $3.45 Bln ExxonMobil Investment 

(Investment Dated: 12/2/2013)

Alberta’s MacKay River Commercial Project to Recycle Produced Water with New Technology  (Project Dated: 12/2/2013)

Suncor Sees 14 Percent Oil Sands Growth and 2014 Capital Spending Boost to $7.8 Bln 

(Article Dated: 11/29/2013)

Feds Announce $2.6 Mln ExxonMobil Fine for March’s Massive Arkansas Tar Sands Spill  (Article Dated: 11/29/2013)

AIMCo to Invest $100 Mln in Efficient Oilsands Technology  (Investment Dated: 11/29/2013)

Fort Hills and the Carmon Creek Oil-Sands Projects Get Industry Go Ahead, Part 1 

(Project Dated: 11/27/2013)

IEA Report Says Tar Sands Export Pipelines Needed for Canada's Oil to Boom 

(Report Dated: 11/27/2013)

Fort Hills and the Carmon Creek Oil-Sands Projects Get Industry Go Ahead, Part 2 

(Project Dated: 11/27/2013)

Toxic Man-made Lakes from Tar-Sand Projects Planned for Alberta  (Article Dated: 11/27/2013)

Environmental Keystone Foes Expand Fight against Oil Sands by Trying to Block Rail Export  (Article Dated: 11/27/2013)

Habanero's Oil Sand Acreage to be Cancelled by the Government  (Article Dated: 11/26/2013)

Enbridge to Develop Wood Extension Pipeline for Fort Hills & Suncor 

(Project Dated: 11/26/2013)

Deep Well Oil & Gas SAGD Well Pair Successfully Completed  (  Dated: 11/26/2013)

First it was Detroit, now ‘PetKoch’ Piling Up in Chicago  (Article Dated: 11/26/2013)

Enbridge to Develop Pipeline up to $1.4 Bln for Athabasca Region Oil Sands Needs 

(Project Dated: 11/26/2013)

Total Plans Production from Alberta Fort Hills Oil Sands Project  (Project Dated: 11/26/2013)

The Tar Sands Don’t Have to Pollute the Water. So Why Do They? 

(Analysis Dated: 11/26/2013)

Saudi Kayan Drops Plans to Build Jubail Petchem Plant  (Project Cancelled Dated: 11/22/2013)

Saudi Arabia’s Sabic Wants to Invest in U.S. Petrochemicals  (Investment Dated: 11/21/2013)

LyondellBasell Says Expansion, Debottlenecking Projects Remain on Target 

(Project Dated: 11/21/2013)

Philippines Petrochem Market to Grow with Economy and Domestic Consumption 

(Article Dated: 11/21/2013)

JG and Meralco in Talks over Philippines Petrochem Business  (Article Dated: 11/21/2013)

KBR to Perform Ammonia Plant Revamp Study in Algeria  (Study Dated: 11/21/2013)

Nova LLDPE Expansion on Pace for Late-2015 Startup  (Project Dated: 11/21/2013)

MRC Global Awarded Gulf Coast Petrochemicals Project Framework Agreement By Chevron Phillips Chemical  (Contract Dated: 11/20/2013)

Russia's Sibur, Gazprom Sign JV Deal on Petchem Complex in Belogors 

(Agreement Dated: 11/20/2013)

Russian Petrochemical Company Sanors Shows Interest in Vietnam's Binh Dinh Mega Project  (Project Dated: 11/20/2013)

Taiwan, China Petrochemical Businesses Look Towards Cooperation 

(Article Dated: 11/20/2013)

Mexichem Announces Joint Venture with Oxychem for Ethylene Plant  (

Project Dated: 11/20/2013)

Unipetrol RPA Selects INEOS Technologies’ Innovene S HDPE Process for Polyethylene Project  (Project Dated: 11/20/2013)

Technip and Zachry Partnership Awarded Chevron Phillips Chemical’s Gulf Coast Project  (Project Dated: 11/20/2013)

Dow to Sell Polypropylene Catalyst Business to W.R. Grace for $500 Mln  

(Divesture Dated: 11/20/2013)

Technip Wins Contract for Sasol's Lake Charles Ethane Cracker in Louisiana 

(Contract Dated: 11/20/2013)

Hungary MOL's Petrochemicals Unit to Build New Plant for $160.4 Mln 

(Project Dated: 11/20/2013)

Mexico’s Petrochemical Production Expected to be up by 25 Percent with Energy Reform  (Article Dated: 11/19/2013)

Isolux Corsán Awarded New Contracts in Latin America for $600 Mln through its TECNA Subsidiary/Part 3  (Contract Dated: 11/19/2013)

Foster Wheeler Wins Contract for Saudi Arabia Jazan Project  (Project Dated: 11/19/2013)

Isolux Corsán Awarded New Contracts in Latin America for $600 Mln through its TECNA Subsidiary, Part 4  (Contract Dated: 11/19/2013)

Dow Chemical, YPF Sign Deal to Develop Shale in Argentina 

(Investment Dated: 11/18/2013)

Isolux Corsán Awarded New Contracts in Latin America for $600 Mln through its TECNA Subsidiary/Part 2  (Contract Dated: 11/18/2013)

Isolux Corsán Awarded New Contracts in Latin America for $600 Mln through its TECNA Subsidiary/Part 1  (Contract Dated: 11/18/2013)

ICA Fluor Joint Venture to Build Vinyl Chloride Monomer Plant in Mexico 

(Contract Dated: 11/18/2013)

INEOS and Sinopec Get Approval for the Largest Phenol Acetone Plant in China 

(Project Dated: 11/18/2013)

Foster Wheeler Wins Pre-feasibility Study for Aromatics Plant in Kuwait 

(Contract Dated: 11/18/2013)

CPChem Awards EPC Contracts for New Texas Ethane Cracker, PE Units 

(Project Dated: 11/15/2013)

Brazil's Odebrecht Plans $8.1 Bln Landmark Investment in Mexico 

(Article Dated: 11/15/2013)

Mexico-Based Alpek, UPC to Team Up for Russian Petchem Plant  (Plans Dated: 11/15/2013)

Sipchem Starts Ops at New Jubail EVA, LDPE Plant  (Project Dated: 11/15/2013)

China’s Conversion of Coal into Liquid Fuel, Chemicals and Natural Gas Causes Concern  (Analysis Dated: 11/15/2013)

Czech Unipetrol Signs License Deal for New Polyethylene Unit  (Project Dated: 11/15/2013)

Singapore’s Jurong Island to Launch LPG Project Soon  (Project Dated: 11/15/2013)

Cosmo, Kyokuto Consider Joint Operation of Chiba Refineries  (Article Dated: 11/14/2013)

Indonesia to Build New Refinery to Reduce Dependence on Imported Fuels 

(Plans Dated: 11/11/2013)

PBF Energy to Expand Crude Rail Shipments to Delaware Refinery  (Project Dated: 11/11/2013)

Japan’s JX Holdings will Opt Out of Vietnam’s Dung Quat Refinery Expansion 

(Project Dated: 11/11/2013)

Sinopec Gets Initial Approval for $10 Bln Shanghai Refinery  (Project Dated: 11/11/2013)

Pemex Business Plan for $10 Bln Tula Refinery Project Go Ahead Questionable 

(Project Dated: 11/11/2013)

Innovation Key to Helping Europe's Refiners Survive  (Analysis Dated: 11/11/2013)

Scotland’s Grangemouth Oil Refinery, Petrochem Plant Saved by Deal 

(Article Dated: 11/11/2013)

Libya to Build Two Oil Refineries in East and South Strike Areas  (Plans Dated: 11/11/2013)

Phillips 66 to Build New Rail Facilities at Bayway Refinery in New Jersey and Ferndale, Washington  (Project Dated: 11/11/2013)

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