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· Thousands of Projects Worth Hundreds of $ Billions in Booming Oil and Gas Industry

Thousands of Projects Worth Hundreds of $ Billions in Booming Oil and Gas Industry

Depending on the definition, the number of opportunities in the oil and gas sector ranges from a few thousand to over one million. At the top end, there are single projects where the investment will exceed $10 billion. This is the conclusion reached in Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining Markets and Projects published by the McIlvaine Company. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

Segment	Number
Operating gas and oil wells	1,000,000
Well completions in 2012	105,000
Rigs in operation	3,500
LNG trains in operation	100
Current LNG projects	20
Current operating large gas-to-liquids plants	10
Large gas-to-liquids projects	10
Smaller gas-to-liquids projects	100
Liquid separation from natural gas projects	200
Coal to chemical new projects	50
Refineries in operation	700
New refineries in planning and construction	40
Refinery upgrades and environmental projects	1,000
Tar sands expansion and new projects	15

Existing gas and oil wells need pumps, valves, compressors, instrumentation and control equipment. Accuracy is needed due to the custody transfer and value of the products. Despite the large number of existing wells, the major capital investment is in a relatively small number of large projects.

Some of the investments in the oil gas industry are even larger than the investment in a new supercritical coal-fired power plant. The gas-to-liquids plant now underway in Louisiana is estimated to cost between $11 billion and $14 billion. New refineries, LNG and tars sands plants are all multibillion dollar expenditures. Much of this is for liquid and gas flow and treatment equipment. In addition, the tar sands plants have big investments in material handling.

With the shale gas and liquids boom there are many projects to separate liquids from gas. Conversion of coal to chemicals is attracting billions of dollars of investment. China is the leader with both direct and indirect gasification processes.

McIlvaine tracks the projects and provides market forecasts in Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining Markets and Projects.

Fluid Bed & Stoker Fired Boiler Operations and Performance Conference - May 20-22, 2013

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On Thursday at 10 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 Environmental Upgrade Tracking System. The cost is $125.00 for non-subscribers. Market Intelligence webinars are free to McIlvaine market report subscribers and are $400.00 for non-subscribers.

	2013
DATE	SUBJECT
April 4	Industrial Boiler MACT Impact and Control Options – Part 2	Power
April 11	Mercury Measurement and Control – Part 2	Power
April 18	Mercury Measurement and Control – Part 3	Power
April 25	Control Technologies for Fine Particulate Matter	Power
May 2	Flyash Pond and Wastewater Treatment Issues	Power
May 9	Clean Coal Technologies	Power
May 16	Power Plant Automation and Control	Power
May 23	Cooling Towers	Power
May 30	Air Pollution Control Markets (geographic trends, regulatory developments, competition, technology developments)	Market Intelligence
June 6	Report from Power-Gen Europe (update on regulations, speaker and exhibitor highlights)	Power
June 13	Monitoring and Optimizing Fuel Feed, Metering and Combustion in Boilers	Power
June 20	Dry Sorbent Injection and Material Handling for APC	Power
June 27	Power Generation Forecast for Nuclear, Fossil and Renewables	Market Intelligence
July 11	New Developments in Power Plant Air Pollution Control	Power
July 18	Measurement and Control of HCl	Power
July 25	GHG Compliance Strategies, Reduction Technologies and Measurement	Power
August 1	Update on Coal Ash and CCP Issues and Standards	Power
August 8	Improving Power Plant Efficiency and Power Generation	Power
August 15	Control and Treatment Technology for FGD Wastewater	Power
August 22	Status of Carbon Capture and Storage Programs and Technology	Power
August 29	Pumps for Power Plant Cooling Water and Water Treatment Applications	Power
Sept. 5	Fabric Selection for Particulate Control	Power
Sept. 19	Air Pollution Control for Gas Turbines	Power
Sept. 26	Multi-Pollutant Control Technology	Power