Reach 7 Percent of the Power and Gas Transmission Industry with Berkshire
Hathaway Energy Wise Crowd Decisions
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 has been working with BHE relative to a large pollution
control program at four plants that involves potential impacts on wastewater
treatment. The approved bidders list for one gas turbine plant includes only
Cuno for condensate polishing. Another plant replaced the Cuno with higher
efficiency Pall filters. Berkshire Hathaway also owns Graver who is a leading
supplier of condensate filter systems. The wildlife protection expertise gained
from the hydro projects can be used in the 3000 MW wind turbine program underway
at Mid-American. All these examples point to the benefits of an interconnection
system between individuals within BHE and also interconnection with the
suppliers.
McIlvaine now has Berkshire Hathaway Energy “Wise Crowd” Decisions 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 whole program
only costs a few thousand dollars if you have some other McIlvaine services. For
more information on this program contact Bob McIlvaine at 847 784 0012 ext. 112
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com.
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:
Wise Crowd Criteria
Criteria Description
Diversity of opinion
Each person should have private information even if it's just an eccentric
interpretation of the known facts.
Independence People's opinions aren't determined by the opinions of those around
them.
Decentralization People are able to specialize and draw on local knowledge.
Aggregation Some mechanism exists for turning private judgments into a
collective decision.
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. NOx 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.
Plant Parameters Plant Details
Plant Name Saurashtra Super Thermal Power Plant
Location Bhatvadia villae in Kaylanpur Taluk District Jamnagar in Gujarat
Size 6 x 660 MW
Startup date unit 1 31-03-2019
Startup date unit 2 30-9- 2019
Boilers Supercritical
Coal sulfur
Coal ash 6-8%
Water 897 MLD from Arabian sea
FGD Provision for installation in units 1 and 2 but required for 3-6
Wastewater Discharged to meet limits prescribed in PSCB/CPCB
Particulate High efficiency precipitator to meet 50 mg/Nm3
Cooling water Natural draft cooling towers
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
Here are some Headlines from the Utility E-Alert – October 7, 2016
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1293 – October 7, 2016
COAL – US
• FPL gets approval to buy and then close Second Coal-fired Power Plant
• PSEG to retire Two New Jersey Coal-fired Power Plants in 2017
COAL – WORLD
• Velan Valves used at Barth 1-3 Supercritical Units of National Thermal Power
Corp
• MHPS receives Order for Steam Turbine set for Chang Chun Petrochemical of
Taiwan
• Sembcorp Industries bidding for 500 MW PPA with Andhra Pradesh
• Ten large Power Plants in India have more than 30,000 MW of Capacity
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
September 2016 – No. 1
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)
E-commerce, Bags to Drive Asian Plastics Demand Growth through 2017
Revision Date: 9/13/2016
Tags: 325110 - Petrochemical Manufacturing 石化产品生产, Frost & Sullivan, Wood
Mackenzie, Plastic Bags, Markets, Growth, Demand, Asia
________________________________________
Saudi Aramco in Advanced Talks to Build China Refinery
Revision Date: 9/12/2016
Tags: 324110 - Petroleum Refineries 石油精炼, Saudi Aramco, CNPC, Agreement,
Refining, Construction, China
________________________________________
Williams Partners Advances Gulf Connector Project and Files FERC Application
Revision Date: 9/12/2016
Tags: 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, Transco, FERC, Williams
Partners, Terminal, Trains, Pipeline, Pipeline, Compression, Construction,
Liquefaction, Application, Connection, USA
________________________________________
Saudi Aramco-Motiva in Lead to Buy Lyondell's Houston Refinery
Revision Date: 9/12/2016
Tags: 324110 - Petroleum Refineries 石油精炼, Saudi Aramco, Motiva, LyondellBasell,
Sale, Proposals, Refining, USA
________________________________________
Lucid Energy Group II, LLC Acquires Agave Energy
Revision Date: 9/12/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Agave
Energy, Lucid Energy, Assets, Cryogenic, Purchase, Compression, Gas Gathering,
Gas Processing, Pipeline, Construction, USA, USA
________________________________________
China's Parliament Proposes New Environmental Tax Benefits
Revision Date: 9/12/2016
Tags: 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, Standards,
Tax Laws, Proposals, Emissions Reduction, China
________________________________________
Imperial Starts Maintenance at Kearl Oil Sands Project Early (T16)
Revision Date: 9/12/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Imperial
Oil, Maintenance, Canada
________________________________________
Southern Company, Kinder Morgan Finalize Southern Natural Gas Pipeline Strategic
Venture
Revision Date: 9/12/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Southern
Company, Kinder Morgan, Pipeline System, Infrastructure, Pipeline, Development,
Growth, USA, USA, USA, USA
________________________________________
Revision Date: 9/12/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Mon Power,
Antero Resources, Veolia Water Technologies, Substation, Wells, Electric
Transmission System, Hydraulic Fracturing, Wastewater Treatment, Flowback, USA
________________________________________
Wood Group Awarded Utgard/Sleipner Subsea Tieback Design (06, T16))
Revision Date: 9/9/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Wood Group,
Pipeline, Platform, Subsea Tie-back, Pipeline, Compression, Design, Tie-Back,
Norway
________________________________________
Magnum Gas Storage Announces 30-Day Non-Binding Open Season for Utah Natural Gas
Storage Facility
Revision Date: 9/9/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Magnum Gas
Storage, FERC, Storage Cavern, Project, Storage, Open Season, Approval, USA
________________________________________
MDU Resources' Unit to Invest $50 Mln for Pipeline Expansion (07, T17)
Revision Date: 9/9/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, MDU
Resources, WBI Energy, Pipeline, Industrial, Pipeline, Growth, Expansion,
Compression, Construction, Permitting, Regulatory Approval, USA, USA
________________________________________
Total Dust Control Solution Prevents Silica Dust Exposure at Western Oklahoma
Wellsite
Revision Date: 9/2/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Atalaya
Resources, AIRIS Wellsite Services, Well, Safety, Health, Drilling, Dust
Control, USA
________________________________________
Eagle LNG Submits Draft Resource Report 13 to FERC for Jacksonville Project
(T17)
Revision Date: 9/2/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Eagle LNG
Partners, CH-IV International, FERC, Terminal, Permitting, Construction, Siting,
Liquefaction, Approval, Pre-filing Process, USA
________________________________________
Chevron and ENN Sign LNG Sales and Purchase Agreement
Revision Date: 9/2/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Chevron USA,
ENN LNG Trading Co, ENN Energy Holdings, Chevron Midstream and Development,
Tanks, Berth, Facilities, Purchase and Sale Agreement, Utilities, Regasification,
Construction, Delivery, Liquefaction, Supply, China
________________________________________
Jacobs Secures Engineering Services Agreement with TransCanada
Revision Date: 9/2/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Jacobs
Engineering, TransCanada, Facilities, Pipelines, Projects, Agreement,
Engineering, Design, Support, Pipeline, Canada
________________________________________
Shell Chemical Plans Multi-billion Dollar Ethane Cracker Plant in Pennsylvania
(08, T17)
Revision Date: 9/2/2016
Tags: 325110 - Petrochemical Manufacturing 石化产品生产, Shell Chemical Appalachia,
Ethane Cracker, Industrial, Investment, Cracking, Economic Growth, Construction,
USA
________________________________________
China and India Dominating Demand for New Storage
Revision Date: 9/2/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采,
International Energy Agency, Ratio Group, Terminals, Energy, Market, Greenfield,
Infrastructure, Storage, Energy Consumption, Growth, Investment, Contango
Market, Storage Inventories, Singapore, China, India, Indonesia
________________________________________
Pennsylvania DCED Hosts Discussion of New Shell Cracker Plant
Revision Date: 9/2/2016
Tags: 325110 - Petrochemical Manufacturing 石化产品生产, Shell, Ethane Cracker,
Industrial, Investment, Construction, Economic Growth, Cracking, USA
________________________________________
KS Drilling's Unit Secures $17.4 Mln Drilling Contract in Indonesia (07, T16)
Revision Date: 9/1/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, PT Atlantic
Oilfield Services, KS Drilling, Drilling, Indonesia
________________________________________
Minnesota Pine Bend Refinery Plans Major Combined Heat and Power Project
Revision Date: 9/1/2016
Tags: 324110 - Petroleum Refineries 石油精炼, Flint Hills Resources, Fresh Energy,
Center for Energy and Environment, Pew Environment Group, Environmental
Standards, Steam Production, Cogeneration, Refining, Emissions Reduction,
Operational Efficiency, USA
________________________________________
Wood Group Secures UK Contract with Petrochemical Manufacturer SABIC
Revision Date: 9/1/2016
Tags: 325110 - Petrochemical Manufacturing 石化产品生产, SABIC, Wood Group,
Engineering, Design, UK
________________________________________
HDR Selected as Owner's Engineer for Rev LNG Project
Revision Date: 9/1/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, HDR
Engineering, Rev LNG, Terminal, Storage Tank, Storage, Liquefaction, Project
Management, Engineering, USA
________________________________________
Exxon, Chevron, Hess in Joint Bid for Mexican Oil
Revision Date: 9/1/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, ExxonMobil,
Chevron, Hess, Drilling Rigs, Consortium, Auction, Drilling, Bidding, Mexico
________________________________________
Matador Resources Announces Start-up of Rustler Breaks Cryogenic Natural Gas
Processing Plant
Revision Date: 9/1/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Matador
Resources, Pipeline System, Pipeline, Cryogenic, Startup, Gas Processing, Gas
Gathering, USA
________________________________________
Ecopetrol to up Exploration, Open 80 New Wells during Rest of 2016 (08, T16)
Revision Date: 9/1/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Ecopetrol,
Wells, Exploration, Drilling, Colombia
________________________________________
Hoegh LNG Signs Agreements with Wartsila for FSRU Conversion Project (T16)
Revision Date: 9/1/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Wartsila,
Hoegh LNG, FSRU (Floating Storage Regasification Unit), Equipment, Engineering,
Construction, Procurement, Installation, Commissioning, Regasification,
Conversion, Bermuda
________________________________________
Iran to Award Two Key Oil Deals to CNPC & Sinopec
Revision Date: 8/31/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, National
Iranian Oil Co (NIOC), Sinopec, MoU, Development, Iran, China
________________________________________
Iran’s IOPTC Replaces 200km/y of Pipelines
Revision Date: 8/31/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Iranian Oil
Pipelines and Communications Co, Petro Energy, Pipelines, Replacement, Pipeline,
Iran
________________________________________
Wood Group Awarded $700 Mln Contract by Tengizchevroil (07)
Revision Date: 8/31/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Wood Group,
Tengizchevroil, Wellhead, Equipment, Modules, Trains, Safety, Solutions,
Pressure, Management, Automation, Kazakstan
________________________________________
Seven Bids for Duqm Liquid Terminal Phase 1 in Oman and Prequalifying for Phase
2 (T17)
Revision Date: 8/31/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Duqm
Petroleum Terminal Co, Duqm SEZ Authority, Terminal, Pipeline, Storage Tank,
Topsides, Infrastructure, Pipeline, Consulting, Bidding, Storage, Construction,
Engineering, Design, Oman
________________________________________
Hassi Bir Rekaiz Project JV to Submit Development Plan in 2017 (T17)
Revision Date: 8/31/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Sonatrach,
PTTEP, CNOOC, Well, Planning, Drilling, Development, Algeria
________________________________________
Veolia to Provide Wastewater Treatment System for LACC Ethane Cracker and Lotte
MEG Plant (T16)
Revision Date: 8/29/2016
Tags: 325110 - Petrochemical Manufacturing 石化产品生产, Lotte Axial Chemical Co,
Lotte Chemical Corp, Equipment, Biofilm Reactor, Ethane Cracker, Corrugated
Plate Interceptor, Joint Venture, Wastewater Treatment, Design, Procurement,
System Integration, Construction Support, Commissioning, Startup, Cracking,
Induced Gas Flotation, USA
________________________________________
Nostra Terra Completes $2.1 Mln Sale of Chisholm Trail Prospect in Oklahoma (06)
Revision Date: 8/29/2016
Tags: 211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction 原油和天然气开采, Chisholm
Trail Prospect, Nostra Terra Oil and Gas Co, Staghorn Petroleum LLC, Sale,
Purchase, Planning, Growth, USA
Bob McIlvaine
President
847-784-0012 ext. 112
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
www.mcilvainecompany.com