Oil and Gas Industry Will Spend Over $10 Billion for
Valves In 2015
For the first time, the upstream oil and gas industry
will spend more than $10 billion for valves in a single year. In 2015, the
expenditure will be $10.3 billion. This includes valves purchased for oil and
gas extraction. It includes those used in unconventional extraction such
as from sub-sea shale and oil sands. The forecast also includes valves used in
LNG and gas-to-liquids plants. The analysis appears in Industrial
Valves: World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company. (
www.mcilvainecompany.com)
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Revenue values include valve and valve
actuator when actuator is supplied with valve by valve manufacturer.
The Middle East remains the historic leader, but NAFTA
will be a close second. The U.S. shale gas and oil expansion and the
Canadian tar sands investments are providing substantial valve markets. These
forecasts do not include refineries. However, the lower quality crudes being
extracted in NAFTA are spurring investments in refinery valves due to upgrades.
A larger percentage of the valve spend is now directed
at control of water and wastewater. Hydraulic fracturing requires
extensive valving. Up to 30 chemicals along with sand are mixed with water prior
to injection. The flowback water in many states cannot be discharged into
underground storage. It is too contaminated to be treated by conventional sewage
treatment plants. The result is a significant treatment investment.
The shale gas boom is resulting in LNG and
gas-to-liquid plant construction. Large numbers of valves are
required to operate these plants.
For more information on Industrial Valves: World
Markets, click on:
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Centrifuge Purchases by Municipal Wastewater Plants
Will Exceed $1.2 Billion In 2015
Municipalities will spend $1.2 billion in 2015 for new
centrifuges to dewater sewage sludge. This is the conclusion reached by the
McIlvaine Company in Sedimentation & Centrifugation World Markets. (
www.mcilvainecompany.com)
East Asia will be the regional leader with purchases
in excess of $500 million. There are many new secondary treatment plants under
construction in the region. Centrifuges are favored at the larger plants while
belt filter presses are favored at the small plants.
NAFTA will be the second largest market. There
are many planned upgrades of old plants in the U.S. Centrifuges are used for
final dewatering, but they are also used for gravity thickening.
There is a substantial market in Eastern Europe.
Romania has recently purchased centrifuges for three plants. Over 50 cities
continue to discharge their untreated wastewater into rivers or the Black Sea.
Around half of all existing wastewater treatment plants do not comply with EU
requirements. It is intended that the EU standards will be implemented in all
municipal wastewater treatment plants by the year 2018. This will require the
expansion and modernization of existing plants, and the construction of new
wastewater treatment plants.
The Western European and Japanese markets are similar
to those in the U.S. The majority of sales will be for upgrades of
existing plants.
For more information on Sedimentation &
Centrifugation World Markets, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/119-n005
Asian Purchases of Liquid Cartridges Will Exceed
$5.4 Billion In 2015
Sales of cartridges to remove particulates from
liquids will exceed $5.4 billion in 2015 in Asia. This is the latest finding in
the McIlvaine Company Cartridge Filters: World Market. (
www.mcilvainecompany.com)
The biggest market will be in residences at the
point-of-use. Refrigerator and under-sink units are included in this category.
The large market is a function of the following:
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Large and growing population
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Migration from rural to urban
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Construction of new residences
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Increasing wealth of the inhabitants
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Increasing awareness of health risks
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Poor quality of municipal water
There is a substantial commercial market spurred by
the office construction boom in China. The healthcare segment is large. This is
due to the increasing healthcare expenditures for more than half the world’s
citizens. There is substantial growth in the pharmaceutical sector due to the
construction of generic drug manufacturing plants in China and India by the
international drug companies.
These forecasts include only the dead-end cartridges
and not the cross-flow membrane modules. Also excluded are self cleaning
filters.
For more information on Cartridge Filters: World
Market, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/117-n024
Headlines for the February 28, 2014 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1164 – February 28, 2014
Table of Contents
COAL – US
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A New
Set of Regulations for existing Power Plants will be "Flexible"
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138 MW
Coal-fired Hoot Lake (MN) Power Plant to be Phased Out by 2020
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NRG
Energy plans Natural Gas Pipeline to convert its Coal-burning Avon Lake
Power Plant
COAL – WORLD
- Cambodia's First Coal-fired Power Plant Completed
- Toshiba JSW, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India awarded EPC 800 MW Contract by
NTPC Limited
- Alstom awarded Contract by NTPC to provide FGD System for its 500 MW
Vindyachal Super Thermal Power Plant in Madhya Prades, India
GAS/OIL – US
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Brigham
City, Utah will build Gas-fired Power Plant
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NTE
Energy to Develop 480 MW Gas-fired Combined Cycle Facility in North Carolina
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Two
Natural Gas-fired Power Plants to break Ground in Porter Township, PA this
Spring
GAS/OIL – WORLD
- Siemens supplies Components for Gas-fired Power Plant in Biskra, Algeria
CO2
- Pipeline approved for FutureGen (IL) Carbon Capture and Storage Project
NUCLEAR
- Fennovoima Oy (Finland) submits EIA for 1,200 Proposed Nuclear Power Plant
BUSINESS
- Calpine Completes Purchase of Guadalupe Power Plant in Texas for $625
Million
- Cabot Norit Activated Signs $6 Million Contract to Supply Coal-Fired
Utility Market with Mercury Removal Solutions
- Consolidation of the Air Filter and Dust Filter Media Companies
HOT TOPIC HOUR
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"NOx
Catalyst Performance on Mercury and SO3" is very Complex - Hot
Topic Hour Conclusion on February 27, 2014
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Webinars to take Power Plant Knowledge to the Next Level
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Upcoming
Hot Topic Hours
For more information on the Utility Tracking
System, click on:
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McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration
On Thursday at 10:00 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 Tracking System. The
cost is $300.00 for non-subscribers.
See below for information on upcoming Hot Topic Hours.
We welcome your input relative to suggested additions.
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DATE |
SUBJECT |
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March 20, 2014 |
China Air Pollution Control |
World’s Largest Market |
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March 27, 2014 |
Analysis Of Dry Scrubber Options |
Top notch third party expert panelists and lots
of background info |
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April 10, 2014 |
Mercury Chemicals In Fuel, Flue Gas and
Scrubbing Liquor |
Important alternative to sorbents |
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April 17, 2014 |
Measurement Of Gas Turbine Emissions Including
NH3 |
Six different options |
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May 1, 2014 |
850oF Particulate Removal With
Ceramic Filter Media |
Could change the whole back end |
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May 8, 2014 |
Sorbent Traps vs. Mercury CEMS |
Sorbent traps are competitive |
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May 15, 2014 |
Gas Intake Filters: HEPA or Medium Efficiency |
More
information |
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May 29, 2014 |
Stellite Delamination in Power Plant Steam
Valves |
More
information |
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June 5, 2014 |
Dry vs. Wet Cooling |
Surprising number of ACC’S. Why? |
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June 12, 2014 |
HRSG Issues (Fast Start, Tube Failures) |
Lots of challenges to cycle 200 X/yr |
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June 26, 2014 |
CCR |
$ billions Needed |
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July/August 2014 |
Boiler Feedwater Treatment
Condensate Polishing for Peaking Turbines
316 B Water Issues
Gas Turbine Permitting Issues
Give us your opinion about topics we should
consider |
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