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AIR & WATER
MONITORING NEWSLETTER  

March 2015
No. 425

 HOT TOPIC

• “Gas Turbine Regulatory Drivers” Hot Topic Hour on February 5 Addressed Permitting and Compliance Issues for Gas Turbine Operators
• MATS Hot Topic Hour on January 29 Covered Technology Improvements Which Will Reduce Compliance Costs

 MARKETS

• More Than 2,000 Major Industrial Air Pollution Projects In the Americas in Each of the Next Five Years
• Lots of Mergers in the Gas and Liquids Flow, Control and Treatment Market
• Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Plants Will Pay $800 Million for Water Treatment Chemicals This Year
• Air and Water Monitoring Revenues for Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Power Plants Will Exceed $1.9 Billion This Year
• Chinese Coal-fired Power Plants Will Continue to Spend More Than Other Countries or Even Regions

INDUSTRY NEWS

• EUEC Presentations Were Relevant and Provided New Information
• New Sulfur Recovery Tail Gas Analyzer from AMETEK
• Monitoring Exhibitors from A-M

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GDP UPDATE HEADLINES

April 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS

AMERICAS

• United States
• Brazil
• Canada
• ASIA
• China
• India
• Japan

EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

• Egypt
• France
• Germany
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Turkey
• United Kingdom
• Ukraine

AMERICAS

Brazil

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.)

ASIA

China

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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OIL & GAS SALES LEADS HEADLINES

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March 26, 2015

(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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INDUSTRIAL EMITTERS UPDATE HEADLINES

March 2015 – No. 1

AMERICAS

• Chevron Phillips Completes Sweeny Ethylene Expansion
• Sasol Announces Financing Milestone for Louisiana Project
• Etileno XXI Plant Could Revive Mexico's Petrochemical Sector
• Ineos, Sasol Break Ground on Texas HDPE Project
• North Dakota Group, Badlands NGL Plans $4 Bln Chemical Plant
• Chemtura Expands Antioxidant Capacity for Auto Industry Demand Growth
• Westlake Chemical to Add Ethylene Capacity in Lake Charles
• G2X Energy Receives Air Quality Permits for Big Lake Fuels Facility Construction and Operation
• Linde Installs Gasifier Vessel at Texas Facility

ASIA

• China Commissions UOP C3 Oleflex^™ Process Technology for Propylene Unit
• Vietnam to Grant License for $22 Bln Refinery, Petchem Complex Early in 2015
• Alfa Laval Wins Heat Exchanger Order for South Korea Petrochemical Plant

EMEA

• Propylene Unit Reaches Capacity in Russia due to UOP C3 Oleflex™ Process Technology
• Saudi Arabia to Invest $91 Bln to Spur Petrochemical Industry
• Iran to Inaugurate Petrochemical Plant in Its Northwest
• Report Says Iran to Triple Petrochemical Production to 180Mln Tons by 2022
• Asia Key Driver in Qatar Petrochemicals Expansion

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Semiconductor Industry Update

March 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Picosun, NCTU Invest in New ALD Facility in Taiwan

Skysilicon Makes GaN Power Device on 8-inch GaN-on-Si Wafer

SMIC, Start-Up Group Manufacture CMOS Image Sensors

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CHEMICAL UPDATE

MARCH 2015

AMERICAS

• Johns Manville Invests to Support Growth in Engineering Thermoplastics
• Wacker Expands Production Capacity for Dispersions in USA
• Entergy Louisiana to Power Expanded CF Industries Facility
• Solvay to Build Specialty Polymers PEEK-production Unit in U.S.
• BioAmber Begins Commissioning of Sarnia Commercial Plant
• Dow Invests $6 Billion in U.S. Manufacturing
• GEO Opens New Polyaluminum Chloride Facility in Texas
• Yara and BASF to Build Ammonia Plant in Freeport, Texas
• Praxair Gulf Coast Expansion to Serve Freeport, Texas, and Supply New Yara/ BASF Ammonia Project
• Honeywell Begins Full-scale Production of Low-GWP Material
• ASIA
• AkzoNobel Breaks Ground on New Specialty Chemicals Plant in China
• BASF, Petronas Chemicals to build 2-EHAcid plant in Malaysia
• AkzoNobel Performance Coatings Adds Capacity in Indonesia
• EUEA
• SNC-Lavalin Awarded Fluegas-Treatment Contract in Romania
• BASF Expands Its Capacity for Specialty Amines in Ludwigshafen
• Evonik Agreement to Acquire Monarch Catalyst in India
• Arkema Expands Specialty Polymer (PEKK) Production Capacities in France and U.S.
• Wacker Builds New Production Plant for Specialty Monomers in Burghausen
• Victrex to Construct U.K. Polymer Innovation Center
• Solvay Signs Exclusive Global License Agreement with Revolymer to Bolster Performance of Organic Peroxide Eureco
• Air Liquide to Build, Own and Operate World’s Largest Oxygen Production Unit for Sasol in South Africa
• Technip Awarded Substantial Contract for New Fertilizer Unit in Slovak Republic

MERGERS/ ACQUISITIONS

• Daikin Acquires Refrigerant Business in Europe from Solvay S. A.
• Johnson Matthey Completes Acquisition of Battery Materials Business from Clariant
• Polypore Sells Energy Storage Segment for $2.2B to Asahi Kasei and Separations Media Segment to 3M for $1B

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World Municipal Wastewater Project News Provided Monthly

March 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ASIA

Australia:  Hunter Water Opens New Pipeline, Delivering Recycled Wastewater to Industrial Users

Vietnam:  First Phase of US$300 Million Binh Duong Wastewater Project Begins

EUROPE

Greece:  EC takes Greece to Court over Failure to Comply with Urban Wastewater Directive

Netherlands:  HoSt to Pilot Process for Producing Biogas from Sludge

Sweden:  Stockholm to Upgrade Major WWTP with GE’s Advanced MBR Technology

UK:  Yorkshire Water Planning Solar Arrays to Provide Power for 2 Facilities

UK:  Food Waste Provides Power for Severn Trent’s Coleshill WWTP

UK:  Northumbrian Water Completes £9 Million Upgrade of Morpeth WWTP

UK:  Ovivo Sells UK Municipal Division to Senior Management Team

LATIN AMERICA

Brazil:  Private Sector Involvement in Water and Sewage Services is Expected to Grow

MIDDLE EAST

Iran:  Two Units of Iran’s Biggest Environmental Project Come on Stream

Kuwait:  Sulaibiya WWTP Upgraded with GE's Advanced Water Reuse Technology

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Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Industry Update

March 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS

UNITED STATES

KVK-Tech Acquires Lockheed Martin Site in Pennsylvania

H3 Biomedicine New Research Facility

University of Maryland has New Health Sciences Research Facility III (HSF III)

New Williamson Translational Research Building at Geisel School of Medicine

Intertek to Expand and Relocate Its Bioanalytical LC-MS Facility

Particle Sciences to Expand Sterile Manufacturing

Xcelience to Expand Headquarter Operations in Tampa

Millstone Completes Headquarters Expansion

Georgia Tech, Engineered Biosystems Building, Atlanta

Norman Noble to Open Process Development Center in Florida

Patheon Expands Comprehensive Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Services

The George Washington University Opens Science and Engineering Hall, Largest Building of Its Kind in D.C.

Kite Pharma Expands Clinical Manufacturing for T-Cell Therapies

Baxter's New Biopharma Baxalta to Have Headquarters in Illinois

Hemispherx Upgrades New Jersey Plant

VWR Expands with New England Biolabs

Aprecia Leases Forest Labs Site as Production Hub

Repligen Finishes Plant Expansion

Mack Molding to Expand Cleanroom Molding and Assembly Capacity

Cynata Validates Stem Cell Manufacturing Process at Wisconsin Biomanufacturing Site

inVentiv to Open Miami Phase I Clinic

Horizon Pharma Opens Chicago Office

Children's Hospital LA to Expand Center for Personalized Medicine

Enteris BioPharma Launches Contract Manufacturing

Israeli Biotech Company Evogene to Build R&D Facility in St. Louis

Univ. of California, San Diego (UCSD) Muir College Biology Labs renovation

Pii Expands CTM Services

Charles River Plans to Re-Open Massachusetts Preclinical Site

REST OF WORLD

Chicago-based AbbVie (ABBV) will expand its Operations in Puerto Rico

New Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), Montreal

Dr. Reddy’s Opens Center of Excellence in India

GSK Picks Singapore for Asia HQ

Johnson Matthey built High Containment Facilities in Edinburgh, Scotland

CureVac to build Plant with Gates Foundation Money

WuXi to More than Double US Cell Therapy Manufacturing with New Site

Ardmac to Deliver Cleanrooms at New Rayner Facility

BAM Wins Life Science Facility Contract from Coventry University

Takeda Expands Pharma Operations in Singapore

SAFC Dry Powder Media Manufacturing Plant, Scotland, United Kingdom

Gilead to Expand Operations in UK Capital

Samsung BioLogics to Expand New Songdo Plant

Patheon Adds New Filling Technology to Milton Park Facility

G-CON Manufacturing Selected to Build ISO 5 POD for Instituto Butantan

Expansion for Bioanalysis Studies at the International Pharmaceutical Research Center

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