Oil and Gas Industry Will Spend Over $10 Billion for Valves In 2015

For the first time, the upstream oil and gas industry will spend more than $10 billion for valves in a single year.  In 2015, the expenditure will be $10.3 billion. This includes valves purchased for oil and gas extraction.  It includes those used in unconventional extraction such as from sub-sea shale and oil sands. The forecast also includes valves used in LNG and gas-to-liquids plants.  The analysis appears in Industrial Valves: World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

* Revenue values include valve and valve actuator when actuator is supplied with valve by valve manufacturer.

The Middle East remains the historic leader, but NAFTA will be a close second.  The U.S. shale gas and oil expansion and the Canadian tar sands investments are providing substantial valve markets. These forecasts do not include refineries. However, the lower quality crudes being extracted in NAFTA are spurring investments in refinery valves due to upgrades.

A larger percentage of the valve spend is now directed at control of water and wastewater.  Hydraulic fracturing requires extensive valving. Up to 30 chemicals along with sand are mixed with water prior to injection. The flowback water in many states cannot be discharged into underground storage. It is too contaminated to be treated by conventional sewage treatment plants.  The result is a significant treatment investment.

The shale gas boom is resulting in LNG and gas-to-liquid plant construction.   Large numbers of valves are required to operate these plants.

For more information on Industrial Valves: World Markets, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/115-n028

 

Centrifuge Purchases by Municipal Wastewater Plants Will Exceed $1.2 Billion In 2015

Municipalities will spend $1.2 billion in 2015 for new centrifuges to dewater sewage sludge. This is the conclusion reached by the McIlvaine Company in Sedimentation & Centrifugation World Markets.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

East Asia will be the regional leader with purchases in excess of $500 million. There are many new secondary treatment plants under construction in the region. Centrifuges are favored at the larger plants while belt filter presses are favored at the small plants.

NAFTA will be the second largest market.  There are many planned upgrades of old plants in the U.S. Centrifuges are used for final dewatering, but they are also used for gravity thickening.

There is a substantial market in Eastern Europe.  Romania has recently purchased centrifuges for three plants. Over 50 cities continue to discharge their untreated wastewater into rivers or the Black Sea. Around half of all existing wastewater treatment plants do not comply with EU requirements. It is intended that the EU standards will be implemented in all municipal wastewater treatment plants by the year 2018. This will require the expansion and modernization of existing plants, and the construction of new wastewater treatment plants.

The Western European and Japanese markets are similar to those in the U.S.  The majority of sales will be for upgrades of existing plants.

For more information on Sedimentation & Centrifugation World Markets, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/119-n005

 

Asian Purchases of Liquid Cartridges Will Exceed $5.4 Billion In 2015

Sales of cartridges to remove particulates from liquids will exceed $5.4 billion in 2015 in Asia. This is the latest finding in the McIlvaine Company Cartridge Filters: World Market.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

The biggest market will be in residences at the point-of-use. Refrigerator and under-sink units are included in this category.  The large market is a function of the following:

·         Large and growing population

·         Migration from rural to urban

·         Construction of new residences

·         Increasing wealth of the inhabitants

·         Increasing awareness of health risks

·         Poor quality of  municipal water

There is a substantial commercial market spurred by the office construction boom in China. The healthcare segment is large. This is due to the increasing healthcare expenditures for more than half the world’s citizens. There is substantial growth in the pharmaceutical sector due to the construction of generic drug manufacturing plants in China and India by the international drug companies.

These forecasts include only the dead-end cartridges and not the cross-flow membrane modules. Also excluded are self cleaning filters.

For more information on Cartridge Filters: World Market, click on:   http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/117-n024

 

Headlines for the February 28, 2014 – Utility E-Alert      

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1164 – February 28, 2014

Table of Contents

 

COAL – US

 

§  A New Set of Regulations for existing Power Plants will be "Flexible"

§  138 MW Coal-fired Hoot Lake (MN) Power Plant to be Phased Out by 2020

§  NRG Energy plans Natural Gas Pipeline to convert its Coal-burning Avon Lake Power Plant

 

COAL – WORLD

 

  • Cambodia's First Coal-fired Power Plant Completed
  • Toshiba JSW, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India awarded EPC 800 MW Contract by NTPC Limited
  • Alstom awarded Contract by NTPC to provide FGD System for its 500 MW Vindyachal Super Thermal Power Plant in Madhya Prades, India

 

GAS/OIL – US

 

§  Brigham City, Utah will build Gas-fired Power Plant

§  NTE Energy to Develop 480 MW Gas-fired Combined Cycle Facility in North Carolina

§  Two Natural Gas-fired Power Plants to break Ground in Porter Township, PA this Spring

 

GAS/OIL – WORLD

 

  • Siemens supplies Components for Gas-fired Power Plant in Biskra, Algeria

 

CO2

 

  • Pipeline approved for FutureGen (IL) Carbon Capture and Storage Project

 

NUCLEAR

 

  • Fennovoima Oy (Finland) submits EIA for 1,200 Proposed Nuclear Power Plant

 

BUSINESS

 

  • Calpine Completes Purchase of Guadalupe Power Plant in Texas for $625 Million
  • Cabot Norit Activated Signs $6 Million Contract to Supply Coal-Fired Utility Market with Mercury Removal Solutions
  • Consolidation of the Air Filter and Dust Filter Media Companies

 

HOT TOPIC HOUR

 

§  "NOx Catalyst Performance on Mercury and SO3" is very Complex - Hot Topic Hour Conclusion on February 27, 2014

§  Webinars to take Power Plant Knowledge to the Next Level

§  Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

 

 

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McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration

On Thursday at 10:00 a.m. Central time, McIlvaine hosts a 90 minute web meeting on important energy and pollution control subjects. Power webinars are free for subscribers to either Power Plant Air Quality Decisions or Utility Tracking System. The cost is $300.00 for non-subscribers.

See below for information on upcoming Hot Topic Hours. We welcome your input relative to suggested additions.

DATE

SUBJECT

           

March 20, 2014

 

China Air Pollution Control

World’s Largest Market

March 27, 2014

Analysis Of Dry Scrubber Options

Top notch third party expert panelists and lots of background info

April 10, 2014

Mercury Chemicals In Fuel, Flue Gas and Scrubbing Liquor

Important alternative to sorbents

April 17, 2014

Measurement Of Gas Turbine Emissions Including NH3

Six different options

May 1, 2014

850oF  Particulate Removal With Ceramic Filter Media

Could change the whole back end

May 8, 2014

Sorbent Traps vs. Mercury CEMS

Sorbent traps are competitive

May 15, 2014

Gas Intake Filters: HEPA or Medium Efficiency

More           information

May 29, 2014

Stellite Delamination in Power Plant Steam Valves

More           information

June 5, 2014

Dry vs. Wet Cooling

Surprising number of ACC’S. Why?

June 12, 2014

HRSG Issues (Fast Start, Tube Failures)

Lots of challenges to cycle 200 X/yr

June 26, 2014

CCR

$ billions  Needed

July/August 2014

 

 Boiler Feedwater Treatment

 Condensate Polishing for Peaking Turbines

316 B Water Issues

Gas Turbine Permitting Issues

Give us your opinion about topics we should consider 

 

 

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