New Approach Allows Suppliers to Reach 50 percent of the World’s Power Generation Market

Large utilities are expanding through merger and acquisition.  As a result, 100 power generators around the world buy more than 50 percent of the products and services. These operators are expanding into wind, solar, biomass, geothermal and other renewable fuels. They have distributed generation initiatives. Many are making major investments to meet new environmental regulatory requirements. There are thousands of challenging decisions which have to be made.  A new program is creating a unique path for decision makers to combine the hurry-up habits of the IPhone and Facebook with the wisdom of “wise crowd” decisions.  The program for the first utility is now available.

Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE) includes PacifiCorp, NV Energy, Mid-American, BHE Renewables, Northern and Kern River Pipeline. The two pipeline companies transport 7 percent of the natural gas in the U.S.  The power companies operate coal, gas, hydro, solar, geothermal, biomass, wind and other renewables generators.

McIlvaine now has Berkshire Hathaway Energy Supplier and Utility Connect to be used by suppliers as well as BHE personnel.  It has details on every one of the hundreds of power generators within the system. It fulfills the 4 knowledge needs: Alerts, Answers, Analysis and Advancement.  It combines 44I Power Plant Air Quality Decisions (Power Plant Decisions Orchard) and 59D Gas Turbine and Reciprocating Engine Decisions with the custom BHE program. This includes interfacing with hundreds of BHE people indirectly through the Alerts, case histories, etc., and directly through large and small webinars. 

The website has constantly updated data on each power generation, energy recovery and gas storage and transmission system operated by BHE. It also has details on all the larger industrial facilities in Iowa and the western states where BHE has electricity delivery.  It includes all the facilities owned by BHE Renewables.  Information on the compressor stations and power generators also includes the air permits with detailed regulatory information.

The coal-fired power plant information includes details on the furnaces, burners, coal size reduction, ID fans, heat recovery steam generators, SCR, particulate control, FGD, wastewater, ash disposal and instrumentation.

The gas turbine data includes details on the gas and steam turbines, inlet air systems, emission control systems, HRSGs and water and wastewater treatment.

The Alerts, webinars and other communication tools provided to suppliers assure an audience at power plants around the world.

For more information on Supplier and Utility Connect. 4S01, click on:  http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/28-energy/1185-4s01

The “Hurry up” Pace for Flow Control and Treatment

Jeffrey Immelt of GE has called upon industry to adopt the same “hurry up” pace endemic to Silicon Valley. This statement was made in conjunction with the initiative to maximize the value of information communicated by machines. This information can be used to improve operations and maintenance. GE outlines impressive advantages of massive machine to machine communication. This leads to speculation that the information generated by pumps, valves, fans, etc. could be worth more than the equipment itself.

McIlvaine is currently conducting a series of webinars for a large U.S. utility which is considering optimization systems offered by GE, Siemens, Emerson, Doosan and others. Better machine communication can contribute a NOx reduction of more than 10 percent. However, since the utility needs to achieve at least 70 percent reduction at four plants, optimization will only be part of the strategy. It now appears that the most cost effective solution is a combination of five or more technologies.

For this specific project the solution could involve the GE NeuCo optimization system in Massachusetts, the GE combustion (CE) in Connecticut, the GE (formerly Betz) treatment chemicals in Pennsylvania and the GE (formerly Alstom/CE) scrubbing technologies (Tennessee and Sweden) along with changes in wastewater treatment and maybe even ZLD as furnished by the GE water groups in Minnesota, Washington and other areas. The utility has to determine the best interaction of all these technologies. GE also has to maximize the communication among its own technology providers who, as previously independent companies, are not part of a seamless operation.

The series of webinars using the McIlvaine Global Decisions Orchard http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/Decision_Tree/subscriber/Tree/Default.htm is demonstrating the value of organization and decisive classification but also a “hurry up” pace through the power of the wise crowd. The utility will likely choose a unique combination of technologies which had not been envisioned at the beginning of the two-month webinar series. Unexpected input from many different sources has made a major contribution to the likely choice.

The Wikipedia entry for the wise crowd provides the following criteria:

All these criteria have been met with the webinar and Decision Guide approach used on this project. McIlvaine intends to take full advantage of the wise crowd in the future.

For more information on the specific Decision Guides being used by power plants for flow and treatment decisions, click on:

44I Power Plant Air Quality Decisions

59D Gas Turbine and Combined Cycle Decisions

For more input on how wise crowd initiatives will be used to help various suppliers, click on:

N028 Industrial Valves: World Market

N019 Pumps World Market

N027 FGD Market and Strategies  

N035 NOx Control World Market

N026 Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market

N020 RO, UF, MF World Market   

Power Plant and Energy Projects Should Be Tracked from Inception

Fossil-fired power plants, refineries, gas-to-liquids, LNG and petrochemical plants are large investments. Initial decisions about suppliers are first made years in advance of the bid specification release. These decisions can be reversed by persuasive suppliers but it is much better to make the case prior to a tentative decision. McIlvaine supplies weekly and biweekly alerts to help suppliers ensure that they are heard at the earliest appropriate time.

Coal, gas and diesel-fired power plant projects take years to develop from initial concept to actual operation. Decisions about sub systems are typically made two years before operation for a small gas turbine or diesel plant. These decisions for large coal-fired power plants are made three years in advance or earlier. On the other hand, decisions can be altered due to unforeseen events. The 3960 MW Saurashtra power plant in India is a project which has been underway for nearly seven years. The first two 660 MW units for Saurashtra are slated for 2019 start up. The new air pollution regulations will require 30 mg/Nm³ for particulate compared with 50 mg/Nm³, FGD for units 1 and 2 at 92 percent versus only provision for FGD in the existing permit. NO_x emissions will be limited to 100 mg/Nm³ which would require more than 80 percent reduction. So any decisions relative to air pollution control systems have to be reviewed and new systems incorporated.

Gas turbine combined cycle power plants have a shorter construction cycle but many of the projects are in the U.S. where litigation and permits cause delays and design changes. Large refinery projects are typically in the planning and construction stages for a decade prior to operation. Gas-to-liquids plants can cost up to $15 billion. As a result, their construction cycle is equal to that of a refinery.

McIlvaine has three Alert services covering these projects on a continuing basis:

41F Utility E-Alert

59-EA Gas Turbine and Combined Cycle E-Alert

71EI Oil, Gas, Shale, Refining E-Alert

Custom Websites for Power Plants are the Next Step to achieve the Interconnectivity of People

The power industry has been challenged to progress at the “hurry up” pace endemic to Silicon Valley. One of the cited routes is the utilization of the interconnectivity among machines. However, this progress requires better interconnectivity of people. McIlvaine has introduced a free internet decision system for power plants based around separate websites for gas turbines/reciprocating engines and coal-fired power.

The value of this system to a power plant has been demonstrated at PacifiCorp where use of the system along with a series of five webinars has shown the way to lower cost NO_x control for four coal-fired units. The decisive classification tools in the system were important but the insights from the “wise crowd” have been equally important. McIlvaine is now taking the next step in interconnectivity with a website and decision system for all the Berkshire Hathaway (BH) generation plants.

The website includes links to the decision systems but also includes an Alert just for BH people. It includes details on each generating unit with continuing updates. McIlvaine already tracks components and consumables such as the NO_x reagents and suppliers for the various gas turbine units. The coal-fired power plant NO_x project will use more reagent than any of the gas turbine plants. The combination of H₂O₂ and urea may be better than just urea. If this is true for the coal-fired power plants, is there a benefit for the gas turbine plants?

Siemens, GE and Emerson are each proposing optimization systems for the coal NO_x project. The gas turbine plants in the fleet are newer and the operators have insights on the latest technology. One upgrade was priced at $8 million if the improved performance was achieved, but only $300,000 if it was not. The decision makers for the coal project need to hear from the gas turbine plant operators on this.

String wound condensate polishing filters for one of the coal-fired power plants were replaced several years ago with 20 micron filters. However, at the time there was speculation that the more expensive 10 micron filters would have been worth the extra investment. A total lowest cost of ownership study on this selection would be useful to all the coal and combined cycle gas plants. The bidders list for Currant Creek lists Cuno as the only approved bidder. The Cuno string wound filters were deemed too inefficient and that is why they were replaced with Pall 20 micron filters at the coal-fired power plant. But the condensate cooling at that plant is achieved with air cooled condensers. This results in more contamination than when wet cooling is utilized. Also, Cuno has a range of filters. So an approved bidders list should specify filter efficiency and take advantage of recent experience. In any case, a condensate filter users group within the corporation would be desirable.

Valve and pump approved bidders’ lists for the water and steam applications for one new gas turbine plant are included in the decision system. In its valve and pump services, McIlvaine is writing about the many improvements in the product offerings. This includes designs but also materials such as hard facings. This list should be shared among all the plants and the “wise crowd” invited to provide insights. There should be a BH power generation valve users group and also a user’s group on pumps.

There are lots of individuals in the crowd who can provide valuable input on the generation mix. Warren Buffet has been defending the policy of not subsidizing photovoltaic solar owners in Nevada. They are paid 11 cents/kWh for their electricity when the company can buy from central solar suppliers for 5 cents/kWh. At the heart of this dispute is the true cost of generation when transmission and other costs are included. This true cost is influenced by the fluctuations in demand and the contribution of all the other generation sources in the system. Mid-American Energy filed changes to its private generation tariff with the Iowa Utilities Board. It is now dedicated to 100 percent renewables over time. Wind energy will be the foundation. Relative to the solar tariff, the company said “Most private solar customers remain connected to the power grid for back-up power to use when the sun isn’t shining.”  However, they pay less for using the grid – customers who don’t have private solar end up paying the difference. We believe the filing is a step forward in the process to balance the needs of all customers and ensure that customers who install private generation pay their share of the costs for maintaining the grid. We will continue to move policies in a direction that encourage private solar and wind development.

There is a commercial tomato greenhouse at the Currant Creek plant. It produces 22 million pound of tomatoes per year. It uses heat and CO₂ from the power generator but also is recovering a significant amount of water from the flue gas (derived from hydrogen in the fuel). The grower operates another plant in California and is building one in Canada. These plants each use two 4 MW gas engines to provide the electricity, heat, light and CO₂. Their energy efficiency is greater than 80 percent. However, the produce grows up to 40 percent faster because of the CO₂. Therefore, you can make a good case that the gas engines are more than 100 percent efficient and, therefore, are better than wind or solar. This case is even stronger when the grower uses biogas from the produce waste to fuel the engines. The recovery of water from the exhaust at Currant Creek creates another ponderable. McIlvaine has a common metric to measure the harm from CO₂ vs. the recovery of water in an arid area. Ten tons of recovered water is worth one ton of CO₂. Therefore, further quantification of the water recovery is important.

Much of the area in which the Berkshire plants are located is arid and sunny. Many experts are predicting a huge future for indoor agriculture with gas engines burning low cost natural gas or biogas. These engines will operate 24-7 unlike wind and solar. Data centers are investing in emergency engines to provide up to 6 percent of all the energy potentially consumed in the region. They could invest in NO_x control equipment and switch to standby service. Should gas engines be a bigger part of the fleet? Presently the long-range plans for PacifiCorp only include a fractional percent of energy from this source.

The “wise crowd” of Berkshire people along with experts from the supplier and consulting companies will have a unique tool to help make better combustion, flow control and treatment decisions throughout the organization. The long-range plan is to provide the custom websites for all the major utility generators throughout the world. Since these are offered free of charge the challenge is not obtaining the utility buy in but in the funding from the supplier community who will benefit from the customer interface and the mechanism to demonstrate that their products will result in the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO).

For more information on the systems, click on:

59D Gas Turbine and Reciprocating Engine Decisions

44I Power Plant Air Quality Decisions

31I Renewable Energy Update and Projects

The Berkshire Hathaway “Wise Crowd” Decisions is available separately or as part of a package.

For more information on the program contact Bob McIlvaine at 847-784-0012 ext. 112 rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com

Sales of Sedimentation and Centrifugation Equipment to exceed $7.5 Billion Next Year

Sales of separation equipment using gravity and centrifugal force will exceed $7.5 billion next year. This is the latest forecast in Sedimentation & Centrifugation World Markets.

Clarifiers including thickeners will lead the way in terms of sales.

The power industry with water treatment, cooling tower blow-down, FGD scrubber wastewater and flyash separation will be the top purchasing group with wastewater as a close second.

For more information click on N005 Sedimentation and Centrifugation World Markets

Interconnecting the Flow Control and Treatment Industry

It is the digital age and it is the dawn of machine-to-machine communications. But we are in the dark ages when it comes to interconnectivity. Large flow-and-treat end users and large suppliers have minimum connectivity within their own companies. McIlvaine has created a Global Decisions Orchard structured to maximize interconnectivity between individuals in diverse groups. The new embellishment is to maximize intra-group interconnectivity.

Owner/Operator Groups

More than half the flow control and treatment products and services are purchased by multiple plant owners. Custom websites and Decision Systems are being set up for these owners. The first such system is Berkshire Hathaway Power Generation Decisions.

Flow and Treat Suppliers

More than half the flow control and treat products and services are sold by companies providing multiple products from a number of locations. Interconnectivity has been slowed by divisional self-interest. The bottoms-up approach applied by McIlvaine avoids divisional rivalry. The interconnected owner/operator group with a bridge to the interconnected supplier conglomerate is now a reality.

Interconnectivity between the suppliers and end users needs to be expanded to include consultants, investors and regulators. This requires niche experts who, like bees, pollinate one flower after another.

Funding for experts in narrow niches has been impossible because there has not been global support. Many of the world’s most expert flow and treatment people retire each year and many become consultants. However, without a big demand for their niche specialty they are soon involved in extraneous activities and soon lose their knowledge advantage. With the Global Decisions Orchard there are enough flowers to support a large hive.

The expanded interconnection allows the “wise crowd” to make more valuable contributions. Each person is a niche expert in a number of areas. In one of five “wise crowd” webinars for a Berkshire Hathaway project a senior engineer volunteered information from an obscure R&D project conducted several years earlier. This apparently minor contribution has become important to greatly reducing the project cost. The “wise crowd” is necessary to take advantage of the rapidly expanding world knowledge. 

For more information on the interconnection program contact Bob McIlvaine at 847-784-0012 ext. 112 rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com

Here are some Headlines from the Utility E-Alert – October 21, 2016

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1295 – October 21, 2016

COAL – US

• Mississippi Power Costs to quadruple after Kemper County Power Plant starts up
• Minnesota Power shutting down Two More Coal Generators

COAL – WORLD

• Companies set up to run World's Most Advanced Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plants in Fukushima
• Hazelwood Coal-fired Power Station (Victoria, Australia) won't get Bailout

·       New Colombia Resources makes progress in Plan to build 300-MW Coal-fired Power Plant

• TEPCO and MHPS sign Basic Business Partnership Agreement for Higher efficiency Thermal Power Plants
• China starts cancelling Under-construction Coal-fired Power Plants

The 41F Utility E-Alert is issued weekly and covers the coal-fired projects, regulations and other information important to the suppliers. It is $950/yr. but is included in the $3020 42EI Utility Tracking System which has data on every plant and project plus networking directories and many other features.

Daily Project Posting in McIlvaine Oil, Gas, Refining Supplier Program

OIL/GAS/SHALE/REFINING MARKET E-ALERT

October 2016 – No. 2

This alert is being issued twice per month for suppliers in flow control and treatment who are coordinating market research with targeted pursuit of the larger and longer term orders.

Many of the articles deal with specific projects which have been selected because each will result in millions of dollars of orders for flow control and treatment products. Each project has been rated. The opportunity size is rated from 1-10 with 1 being small and 10 being very large. The timing for flow and treatment orders has been provided by year, e.g. T 16 = timing of order is 2016.

You can access all the data from the home page of Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining Markets and Projects in a number of ways. To see the most current entries just click on “title”. You can search by many different decisive classifications but also with a global search which when you enter any word will display all the articles with that word in the summary.

(Listed by most current date)

Ohio Pipeline Air Permits

Revision Date:  10/13/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Ohio EPA, Pipeline, Internal Combustion Engine, Gas Compression, Pipeline, USA

BERNE PROCESSING COMPLEX, Insulation for Pipe & Propane Tanks

Revision Date:  10/13/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Caiman Energy, Dominion, Blue Racer Midstream, Johns Manville, Insulation, Pipes, Pipeline, Solutions, Piping, Pipeline, Gas Processing, Gas Gathering, USA, USA

Pertamina Licenses Axens Technologies for its Balikpapan and Cilacap Refineries

Revision Date:  10/12/2016

Tags:  324110 - Petroleum Refineries 石油精炼, Pertamina, Axens, Hydrotreater, Sulfur Removal Unit, Propylene Recovery Unit, Hydrotreater, Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit, Regulation, Technology, Refining, Hydrotreating, Licensing, Expansion, Upgrade, Catalytic Cracking, Indonesia

Rosneft and Pertamina Develop Cooperation

Revision Date:  10/12/2016

Tags:  325110 - Petrochemical Manufacturing 石化产品生产, 324110 - Petroleum Refineries 石油精炼, 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Rosneft, Pertamina, Catalytic Cracking Unit, Tanker, Markets, Onshore, Offshore, MoU, Joint Venture, Feasibility Study, Engineering, Cooperation, Cracking, Construction, Development, Design, Indonesia, Russia

Amec Foster Wheeler Wins FEED and Detailed Engineering Contract for Singapore Refinery

Revision Date:  10/12/2016

Tags:  324110 - Petroleum Refineries 石油精炼, Amec Foster Wheeler, Singapore Refining Co, BHE, Vacuum Heater, Chimney, Preheater, Crude Heater, Burner, Contract, Upgrade, Construction, Revamp, Engineering, Refining, Procurement, Design, Singapore

IndianOil and USTDA Sign an Agreement to Promote Cleaner Fuels in India

Revision Date:  10/11/2016

Tags:  324110 - Petroleum Refineries 石油精炼, U.S.Trade and Development Agency, Indian Oil Corp, Agreement, Market, Technology, Economy, Financial, Refining, Operational Efficiency, Emissions Reduction, Modernize, Operations, Optimizing, Improvement, India

Emerson Announces Agreement to Acquire UK-based Permasense Limited

Revision Date:  10/11/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, 324110 - Petroleum Refineries 石油精炼, 325110 - Petrochemical Manufacturing 石化产品生产, 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Permasense Ltd, Emerson Automation Solutions, Pipes, Vessels, Monitoring System, Sensor, Infrastructure, Technology, Offshore, Onshore, Corrosion Monitoring, Acquisition, Pipeline, Control, Worldwide

Praxair Starts up New Hydrogen Plant in Peru

Revision Date:  10/11/2016

Tags:  324110 - Petroleum Refineries 石油精炼, 325110 - Petrochemical Manufacturing 石化产品生产, Praxair, Steam Methane Reformer, Refining, Methane Reforming, Peru

SoCalGas Begins $3.4 Mln Valve Station Upgrade (07, T16)

Revision Date:  10/11/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, SoCalGas, Pipeline, Mainline Valves, Automatic Shut-off, Project, Infrastructure, Upgrade, Replacement, Retrofitting, Testing, Pipeline, USA

Shell Says Singapore Ethylene Cracker to Restart in the Next Few Weeks

Revision Date:  10/11/2016

Tags:  325110 - Petrochemical Manufacturing 石化产品生产, Royal Dutch Shell, Compressor, Ethylene Cracker, Cracking, Compression, Shutdown, Repairs, Refining, Restart, Singapore

DEA Lets Contracts for Dvalin, Heidrun Project in Norwegian Sea (T16)

Revision Date:  10/5/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Aker Solutions, Statoil, DEA AG, Aibel, Templates, Umbilicals, Tie-ins, Gas Treatment Module, Injection System, Wells, Subsea Production Systems, Topsides, Construction, Modification, Tie-in, Gas Treatment, Norway

Production Shut from BP Clair Platform after Oil Release (T16)

Revision Date:  10/5/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, BP, Oil Spill Response (OSRL), Platform, Steel Jackets, Processing, Bridge Linked, Production, Hook-up, Environmental Impact, Assessment, Spill Response, Commissioning, Export, UK

Jacobs Wins Contract to Support Olin Gulf Coast Chemical Plants

Revision Date:  10/5/2016

Tags:  325110 - Petrochemical Manufacturing 石化产品生产, Jacobs Engineering, Olin, Construction Management Services, Engineering, Procurement, USA, USA, USA

Atlantic Coast Pipeline Hires Main Construction Contractor (08, T17)

Revision Date:  10/5/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Spring Ridge Constructors, Pipeline, Joint Venture, Pending, Pipeline, Construction, USA, USA, USA

Double Eagle Energy Permian LLC Formed with Merger

Revision Date:  10/5/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Double Eagle Energy Permian LLC, Double Eagle Lone Star, Veritas Energy, Merger, USA

Chevron’s Salt Lake City Refinery Plans Alkylation Unit Revamp

Revision Date:  10/5/2016

Tags:  324110 - Petroleum Refineries 石油精炼, Chevron USA, UOP LLC, SCAQMD, Norton Engineering, Alkylation Unit, Technology, Permitting, Revamp, Construction, Production, Alkylation, Refining, Study, USA, USA

IOC Approves Projects for Barauni, Panipat Refineries (T16)

Revision Date:  10/5/2016

Tags:  324110 - Petroleum Refineries 石油精炼, 325110 - Petrochemical Manufacturing 石化产品生产, Indian Oil Corp, Polypropylene Unit, Naphtha Cracker, Benzene Expansion Unit, Projects, Revamp, Modification, Expansion, Investment Decision, Refining, India

Praxair Signs Long-Term Supply Contract and VPSA Plants Project in South Korea

Revision Date:  10/4/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Hyundai, Praxair, VPSA Unit, Technology, Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption, Construction, Operational Control, South Korea

Ophir Says Two Bidders in the Fray for Fortuna Contract (T17)

Revision Date:  10/4/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Ophir Energy, FLNG, Liquefaction, Bidding, Equatorial Guinea

DTE Energy to Purchase Natural Gas Midstream Assets for $1.3 Bln

Revision Date:  10/4/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Vega Energy Partners, DTE Energy, M3 Midstream, Gas Gathering System, Pipeline, Storage Tank, Assets, Markets, Midstream, Infrastructure, Pipeline, Purchase, Growth, Conversion, Demand, Gas Gathering, Gas Storage, USA, USA

Total Looks beyond Bolivia's Incahuasi Project to Regional Gas Market

Revision Date:  10/4/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Total, Pipeline, Compressor, Market, Gas Processing, Pipeline, Compression, Bolivia

Crestwood and SWEPI Enter into Long-Term Gas Gathering Agreement in the Permian - Delaware Basin Costing $180 Mln

Revision Date:  10/4/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Crestwood Equity Partners, Royal Dutch Shell, SWEPI LP, First Reserve, Compression Facilities, Trunkline, Joint Venture, Dehydration, Compression, Construction, Gas Gathering, USA

Oil-Sands Glut Jams Pipelines to U.S., Making Rail Next Option

Revision Date:  10/3/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Genscape, Bloomberg Intelligence, National Energy Board, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, U.S. Energy Information Administration, IHS Energy, Pipeline System, Tank Cars, Capacity, Pipeline, Transport, Rail Transport, JuneWarren-Nickle’s Energy Group’s Summer 2016 Oil Sands Quarterly, Canada, USA

India's Hindustan Petroleum Aims for 60 Mln T Refining Capacity by 2030

Revision Date:  10/3/2016

Tags:  324110 - Petroleum Refineries 石油精炼, HPCL, Bharat Petroleum, Saudi Aramco, International Energy Agency, Joint Venture, Greenfield, Refining, Expansion, Production Capacity, India

Three Firms Vie for BP's China Petrochemicals Plant (08)

Revision Date:  10/3/2016

Tags:  325110 - Petrochemical Manufacturing 石化产品生产, BP, Sinopec, Cracker, Joint Venture, Assets, Bidding, Cracking, Divestiture, China

Ineos Selects Jacobs for Chocolate Bayou Project

Revision Date:  10/3/2016

Tags:  325110 - Petrochemical Manufacturing 石化产品生产, INEOS Oligomers, Jacobs Engineering, LAO Unit, Procurement, Construction, Engineering, Design, USA

LyondellBasell to Deploy New Tech for Texas HDPE Project (T17)

Revision Date:  10/3/2016

Tags:  325110 - Petrochemical Manufacturing 石化产品生产, LyondellBasell, LyondellBasell, Technology, Construction, USA

ExxonMobil to Pay $12 Mln in Montana Oil Spill Settlement

ExxonMobil Corp. has agreed to pay $12 million to Montana and the U.S. government to restore natural resources damaged or destroyed by a pipeline rupture in 2011 that spilled oil into the Yellowstone River, according to a settlement proposed on September 21.

Revision Date:  10/3/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, ExxonMobil, Pipeline, Fine, Spill Response, Restoration, Settlement, Pipeline, USA

Energy East Pipeline Raises Legitimate Concerns, Quebec Premier Says

Revision Date:  10/3/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, TransCanada, National Energy Board, Pipeline, Environmental Impact, Environmental Review, Canada

New US Pipeline Law to Require More Maps, Models

Revision Date:  10/3/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Geospatial Corp, Pipelines, Infrastructure, Pipeline, Mapping, Modeling, Certification, Data Management, Testing, Regulatory Application, USA

Northern Gateway Pipeline Project Will Not Appeal Canadian Court Decision

Revision Date:  10/3/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Enbridge, Pipeline, Environmental Impact, Consulting, Reverse Approval, Pipeline, Canada, Canada

India to Fund $2 Bln Eastern Gas Pipeline to Kick-start Growth

Revision Date:  10/3/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, GAIL India Ltd, Pipeline System, Infrastructure, Development, Economic Growth, Pipeline, Construction, India

BlackPearl Wants Partner for Newly Approved Canada Oil Sands Project (08)

Revision Date:  9/30/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Black Pearl Resources Inc., Surmont Energy, Husky Energy, Project, Partnership, Investment Decision, Approval, Development, Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage, Canada

Asia Oil Refiners Eye 300-item Global Oil Supply

Revision Date:  9/30/2016

Tags:  211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, JX Nippon Oil & Energy, OPEC, Cosmo Oil, Capacity, Market, Processing, Upgrade, Refining, Output, Supply, Growth, Asia

Curacao Signs Deal with China's Guangdong Zhenrong Energy to Run Isla Refinery (08)

Revision Date:  9/30/2016

Tags:  324110 - Petroleum Refineries 石油精炼, Guangdong Zhenrong Energy, PDVSA, Processing Units, Docking Equipment, Storage Terminal, Storage, Refining, Operations, Financing, Upgrade, Modernize, Curacao

Petrobras Halts Output at Getulio Vargas Refinery after Storm Damage to a Cracking Unit

Revision Date:  9/30/2016

Tags:  324110 - Petroleum Refineries 石油精炼, Petrobras, Cracking Unit, Pipelines, Gas Compressor, Refining, Cracking, Compression, Shutdown, Pipeline, Brazil

Bob McIlvaine
President
847-784-0012 ext. 112
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
www.mcilvainecompany.com