$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
N006 Liquid
Filtration and Media World Markets
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GDP UPDATE HEADLINES
April 2015
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AMERICAS
EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
AMERICAS
Brazil’s economy probably contracted in the fourth quarter of last year as
stagflation plagues the world’s second-biggest emerging market.
Gross domestic product fell 0.1% from the three previous months, according to
the median forecast of 38 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Output remained flat
for the full year, economists estimated.
President Dilma Rousseff’s government is struggling with a combination of
above-target inflation, stagnant growth, a sinking currency and a record budget
deficit. With the central bank raising rates and analysts forecasting a
recession this year, consumer and business confidence have plunged. To revive
investment and growth, Rousseff and Finance Minister Joaquim Levy have pledged
to tighten fiscal discipline.
“We’re facing a huge confidence crisis, and to assume a rebound at the end of
this year or maybe next year will depend on a rebound in business confidence,”
Roberto Padovani, chief economist at Votorantim Ctvm, said by phone from Sao
Paulo. “If you don’t have a rebound, you’re going to have a lot of problems on
the fiscal side, then the political side.”
Brazil’s Finance Ministry declined to comment on the prospect of contraction in
the last quarter of 2014.
The fourth quarter poses a challenge for economists who study Brazilian GDP
because the statistics institute, known as the IBGE, is implementing a new
methodology for its calculation.
“We’ve used the old methodology to present our figures, but they may come out
totally different, not because of the dynamics of the economy, but because of
the new methodology,” Jankiel Santos, chief economist at BESI Brazil, said by
phone from Sao Paulo. “I’m in complete darkness.”
The new methodology for annual GDP data, released earlier this month for the
years through 2011, boosted growth in that year to 3.9% from 2.7%. The new
quarterly methodology may produce a reduction of ratios such as debt, current
account and budget as a percentage of GDP, according to Alberto Ramos, Goldman
Sachs Group Inc.’s chief Latin America economist.
The new tabulation follows recommendations of international bodies including the
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, International Monetary
Fund and the World Bank, and brings Brazil in line with best international
practice, according to Neil Shearing, chief emerging markets economist at
Capital Economics Ltd. Because of the changes, the question of whether the
economy last year contracted slightly or eked out some growth becomes less
relevant, he said. (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)
Earlier this year, the Chinese government released its annual economic report
and confirmed fears of an economic slowdown in the world’s second largest
economy. For the first time since the 1998 Asian financial crisis, GDP growth
missed the government’s target, while registering the lowest rate of growth
since 1990, when the country remained under international sanctions following
the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Though still well above the global average of 3.3%, China’s decline to 7.4%
annual GDP growth—and fears of future decreases—has roiled the global economy.
The International Monetary Fund now expects its growth to dip below 7% in 2015
and 2016.
Yet, this misses the story beneath the national numbers. China is likely nearing
the limits of its unprecedented growth, as gains from mass urbanization and
economic formalization ebb. But its economy is not monolithic and, as the pace
of expansion slows, understanding where growth is happening and why is crucial
for those both inside and outside China. (The remaining text is not included
in this sample.)
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March 26, 2015
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(Listed by most current date)
Azerbaijan's SOCAR to Ask Central Bank for $952 Mln for Petrochemical Plant
Fluor Selected as Project Management Contractor for OGPC Project in Azerbaijan
KBR & Showa Denko Sign Multi-Technology Acetyls Licensing Agreement
India’s IOC to invest $1.259 Bln in Processing-related Upgrades, Expansions
Shell’s Pearl GTL Plant Enters Planned Maintenance
RIL Awards Contract to Metso for Jamnagar Refinery Expansion
Wood Group Providing Automation Engineering Services for ExxonMobil
Air Liquide Building $170 Mln Unit to Supply St. James Parish Methanol Complex
14 Iran Petrochemical Projects Introduced to China for Financing
Shell Scraps Plan for Al Karaana Petrochemical Plant in Qatar
KBR Awarded Sabic FEED Contract at Al Jubail Petrochemical Plant
SIBUR Advances Grassroots Petrochemicals Complex
NF Energy Signs Export Contract with Tecnedil International SRL, Italy
Technip Awarded Contract for New 500 KTA Ethylbenzene Styrene Monomer Plant in
China
Saudi Kayan is Allocated More Gas to Expand Ethylene Production
CB&I Wins Contract for Egypt Polypropylene Unit
Chevron Phillips Chemical Completes Ethylene Expansion at its Sweeny Complex
Bolivia’s Petrochemical Industry Set to Prosper with the New Gran Chaco Plant
Yara and BASF to Build $600 Mln Ammonia Plant in Texas
Aramco, Dow to Start Sadara Chemical Joint Venture in 2015
Recent Lawsuits could Signal a Litigious Future for Phillips 66 and its Rail
Spur Project
AkzoNobel Plans Coatings Capacity Expansion in Indonesia
Egyptian and Kuwaiti Firms to Invest $6.8 Bln in Petrochemical Projects in Egypt
Braskem Pushes for Extension of Petrobras Naphtha Contract
Topsoe, Technip Sign Slovakia Ammonia Contract
Praxair to Supply Hydrogen, Nitrogen to new BASF, Yara Ammonia Plant
Invista to Manufacture Nylon Pipe at Kansas Facility
WorleyParsons Announces Contract for Viva Energy's Geelong Refinery
John Crane Wins Exclusive Agreement for Portion of Clean Fuels Project in Kuwait
Canadian Crude Proves Perfect Partner to U.S. Shale
Chevron may be Nearing Hawaii Assets Sale Deal
Environmentalists File Suit against CA Rodeo Refinery Propane Recovery Project
Indian Oil Seeks 90,000 Tonnes of Gasoline Ahead of Koyali Refinery Shutdown
Finland's Neste Oil Plans 250 Mln Euro Refinery Integration
Petrobras Refinery Cracker Unit Repairs Should Be Completed by March 7
Expansion Work Progresses at Lukoil’s Volgograd Refinery
Five Bidders for Tamoil's Collombey Refinery in Switzerland
Shell Pernis Refinery to Undergo Planned Maintenance until Early May
Marathon Petroleum Planning to Integrate Two Texas Refineries
Iran Unveils Gas-Sweetening Technology
Marathon Defers Garyville Refinery Upgrader Plans
Fluor Says New Projects Still Emerging in North American Refining Despite Fallen
Oil Prices
CB&I Awarded Technology and FEED Contracts for Delayed Coker Unit
UAE’s Arabtec Wins $253 Mln of Saudi Petro Work
Many of Europe's Oil Refiners will Miss Out on Profit Margins Rally as
Maintenance Season Starts
400 Companies Interested after Uganda Ends Moratorium and Issues First Oil
Licenses
European Refineries to Slash Capacity due to Overseas Competition and Weak
Domestic Demand
Pemex Contracts SENER, Samsung on Clean Diesel at Salamanca Refinery
Contract for Metering Systems at Aramco’s Jazan Refinery, Terminal Project
EPA Approves Revisions to California’s Refinery Emission Regulations
Brazil's Petrobras Announces Two Refinery Delays
Five Baton Rouge Companies Awarded $1 Bln in Contracts on Sasol Project
Modernizing Replan, Brazil’s Largest Crude Oil Refinery
Work on Duqm Liquids Terminal to Start in Q4 2015
Mexico's Pemex to Delay Refinery Upgrades Due to Low Oil Prices
Refinery Explosion and Fire at Torrance, CA Exxon Facility
New Diesel Unit at Turkey’s Izmit Refinery to Start Production
Tesoro Board Okays Complementary Mixed Xylene, Isomerization Projects at
Anacortes
U.S. EPA Hints at Softening Carbon Rule Interim Timeline
Saudi Aramco Seeks $10 Bln Loan to Fund Refining, Chemical Expansions
Honeywell UOP Selected by Russia’s Mendeleev Group for New Deep Oil Processing
Complex
Russia’s RT Global to Build New Uganda Refinery
Schneider Electric to Automate MTG Plant
Pemex to Cut Refining Budget, Limit Pipeline Use
Petrobras Shuts Part of REPAR Refinery Two Weeks after Malfunction
MDU-Calumet Announces Marketing Delay for its Fidelity Exploration & Production
Business and Q2 Production Start at ND Refinery
ConocoPhillips Exec Says Refiners Would Get 'All the Oil They Need' without U.S.
Export Ban
BORL Plans Capacity Expansion at Bina Refinery
Shell’s Corunna Refinery Capacity Could Expand by 15,000 Barrels a Day
Hydrogen Purification Technology from Honeywell's UOP Selected for New Refinery
in China
High Incidence of U.S. Refinery January Weekend Shutdowns May Worsen Crude Woes
Delfin LNG Announces MOU with BTG Pactual Commodities for First FLNGV Tolling
Capacity
Petronas to Make FID on Canadian Pacific NorthWest LNG Project by June
Golar LNG, Rosneft Sign MOU to Cooperate on FLNG Projects in Latin America
Philippines' First Gen Seeks Partner for $1 Bln LNG Import Terminal
Parallax Energy Plans $2 Bln LNG Terminal near Lake Charles
FERC Approves Cheniere’s Corpus Christi Liquefaction Project, Pipeline
CenterPoint Energy to Build and Upgrade Electric Transmission Facilities to
Serve Freeport LNG
Russia's Yamal LNG Sees Global Liquefied Gas Deficit by 2018
Rio Grande LNG Doubles Site to 1,000 Acres, Completes Basis of Design
Energy World Says Philippines LNG-fired Plant to Start Power Output in 3 Months
Total Says Yemen LNG Exports Ongoing with One Production Train Undergoing
Maintenance
First Gas Reaches Curtis Island LNG Facility in Australia
Applied LNG to Buy Biogas from BP
E.ON Seals Pipe and Shipping Deals to Export LNG from US
Litgas, Statoil Consider LNG Bunkering Business in Baltic Region
Wartsila, Cryonorm to Deliver LNG Systems for Inland Waterway Europe Market
Alaska LNG Filings Launch FERC Public Engagement Process
Repsol Seeks Regulatory Approval for East Canada LNG Export Terminal
Bear Head LNG Advances in Canadian Regulatory Process
Woodside Sees Little Hope for East Timor LNG This Decade
Air Products Wins LNG Technology, Equipment Order for Louisiana Terminal
Facility
Alaska LNG Project Draft Resource Reports Filed with FERC
Venture Global LNG Raises $125 Mln in Equity Financing
Jacobs Secures Sustaining Capital Works Agreement for Australia Pacific LNG
Facility
Qatargas Begins $1 Bln Gas Recovery Project at Ras Laffan Industrial City
WorleyParsons Signs $30 Mln Engineering Services Contract
JGC Bags $510 Mln EPCC Contract for Petronas' Bintulu LNG Complex
Eni Expects Investment Decision on Mozambique LNG by Mid-2015
KBR Signs Technical Services Agreement/MOU for Magnolia LNG Terminal
Louisiana Governor and Live Oak LNG Announce New Liquefaction Project in
Calcascieu Parish
ExxonMobil to Add Third Train to PNG LNG Project
First LNG Carrier Delivered for Papua New Guinea LNG Project
NEB Approves Woodside Energy LNG Export License
Cheniere and EIG Finalize $1.5 Bln Equity Investment for Corpus Christi LNG
Project
Jereh Group Operates China's First Shale Gas Liquefaction Plant
Wärtsilä Receives Full Notice to Proceed with Its First LNG Terminal
Golar Signs HOA for the Development of FLNG
Exxon Plans to Invest $25 Bln on B.C. Prince Rupert LNG Project
SSAB to Invest in LNG Terminal Project in Tornio, Finland
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WORLD POWER GENERATION PROJECT HEADLINES
This includes only projects where there was an update during the month.
There are thousands of projects in the database.
Fuel: |
Biomass - 2015 |
Startup Date |
Location |
Fuel Comment |
Project Title |
Unknown |
CA |
orchard waste |
Modesto Irrigation District
biomass power plant |
Unknown |
Canada |
|
NewPage mill cogen power
plant-Nova Scotia Power/NewPage
Port Hawkesbury |
Unknown |
FL |
|
Port St. Joe Renewable Energy
Center IGCC |
Unknown |
GA |
wood |
Ben Hill biomass power
plant-Fitzgerald Renewable
Energy |
Unknown |
SC |
wood |
John Matthews Industrial Park
biomass power plant-Tri-County
Electric Coop. |
Unknown |
South Korea |
|
Dangjin 4 CFB power plant-GS
Group |
Unknown |
UK |
|
Heron Renewable Energy
Plant-Drax/Siemens Project
Ventures |
Unknown |
UK |
|
Teesport (Tees) Renewable
Energy Plant-MGT Power Ltd. |
Unknown |
UK |
|
Port of Southampton
biomass-fired power plant-Helius
Energy |
Unknown |
UK |
|
Anglesey Aluminum (Holyhead)
wood-firing power plant |
Unknown |
UK |
|
Avonmouth biomass
project-Helius Energy |
On hold |
UK |
|
Stallingborough biomass power
plant-RWE |
Cancelled |
WI |
wood waste |
Bay Front biomass IGCC
conversion-Xcel Energy |
2017 |
Denmark |
wood chips |
Skaerbaek biomass cogeneration
plant 2 units-Dong Energy |
2017 |
India |
|
Vemagiri expansion-GMR |
2017 |
UK |
wood chip, timber |
Blyth (North) power
plant-British Renewable Energy
Systems |
2017 |
UK |
|
Grangemouth cogeneration plant
|
2017 |
UK |
wood waste |
Margam biomass power plant |
2015 |
GA |
|
Heard County biomass power
plant-Rollcast Energy |
2015 |
OR |
|
Klamath Falls II-Klamath
Generation |
2015 |
Sweden |
|
Vartaverket CFB combined heat
and power plant-Fortum Varme |
2015 |
UK |
wood |
Portbury Dock Renewable Energy
Plant-E.ON |
2015 |
UK |
waste derived fuels also |
Ferrybridge multi-fuel power
plant-SSE Generation |
2014 |
GA |
|
Warren County biomass-fired
power plant-Oglethorpe Power |
2014 |
Sweden |
|
Torsvik cogen power
plant-Jonkoping Energi |
2014 |
TX |
|
Woodville-East TX Electric Coop |
2014 |
UK |
|
Drax biomass power project
(Ouse Renewable Energy Plant) |
2014 |
UK |
|
Tyne Renewable Energy
Center-MGT Power |
2013 |
FL |
|
Deerhaven II-Gainesville
Regional Utilities |
2013 |
FL |
|
American Renewables power plant |
2013 |
FL |
|
Adage LLC power plant |
2013 |
NH |
|
Berlin BioPower project-Cate
St. Capital |
2013 |
WI |
|
Domtar Corp. paper mill power
plant/We Energies |
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