Gas Turbine after Market is both Substantial and Concentrated

As the U.S. switches from coal to gas a very large after market is developing for intake filters, valves, pumps, turbine and HRSG components. McIlvaine quantifies and tracks all the activity in Gas Turbine and Combined Cycle Supplier Program.

Of the 440 GW of gas turbine-generated power operating in the U.S. as of the end of 2015, 170 GW or over one-third is produced by the top ten producers.

Largest Gas-Turbine Power Producers in the U.S.

Based on Capacity as of the end of 2015

Note:  “Total Number of Units” includes both combustion and steam turbines.

Most of these producers are large, U.S.-based energy companies. However, Engie (known as GDF Suez until April 2015) is a France-based multinational energy company and one of the largest independent power producers in the world. In 2011 and 2012, Engie doubled its U.S. power generation capacity through acquisitions. Berkshire Hathaway is essentially a holding company with an energy division which includes MidAmerican Energy (acquired in 1999), PacifiCorp (2005) and NV Energy (2013). 

Identifying key decision makers has become particularly difficult over the last decade due to electricity restructuring in the U.S. The distinction between regulated and deregulated companies has become blurred. Power plants are bought and sold frequently as companies and utilities seek to make a profit in the new market-oriented environment.

McIlvaine has been tracking ownership changes and reports on them regularly along with identifying every new and existing power plant and project worldwide. For more information on 59EI Gas Turbine and Combined Cycle Supplier Program click on:  http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/28-energy/610-59ei.

A Complex Multitude of Air Quality Decisions Need to Be Made by the World’s Coal-fired Power Plants

Coal-fired power generators supply more electricity than gas, wind or solar. Expenditures for new power plants continue at a rate in developing countries sufficient to ensure that the net world coal-fired generating capacity will continue to increase. Both existing power plant operators and new power plant developers have a large number of complex decisions to make about achieving air quality.

Power Plant Air Quality Decisions is a combination of alerts and decision systems, which helps the power plants make the best decisions and helps suppliers understand the issues and options.

Here are some of the options:

There are a number of other decisions which influence the above choices. If there is a market for flyash, it will impact the choice of mercury and SO₂ capture technologies. If the expected plant life is long, then the particulate and SO₂ technology selections will be different than if the remaining life is short.

There are many new developments which are likely to change future decision making. The catalytic filter with direct sorbent injection combines three devices into one. More importantly, it provides clean hot gas at 850°F and facilitates maximum heat recovery and energy efficiency.

The use of gasified waste as a “reburn” fuel reduces operating costs and reduces the CO₂ footprint. The use of treated municipal wastewater plus zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technology makes the plant a positive contributor to improved water quality in the region.

The extraction of rare earths and valuable metals from the ash promise to make coal-fired power an important resource.

For more information on 44I Power Plant Air Quality Decisions click on:  http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/other/2-uncategorised/86-44i

Utility E-Alert Tracks Billions of Dollars of New Coal-fired Power Plants on a Weekly Basis

Here are some headlines from the Utility E-Alert.

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1265 – March 25, 2016

Table of Contents

COAL – US

• Emissions Control upgrade finished at Oklahoma Coal-fired Power Plant

COAL – WORLD

• Tanjung Bin Energy Ultra-Supercritical Coal-fired Power Plant has entered Commercial Operation on Schedule
• Conserving Water at the Medupi Air-cooled Coal-fired Power Plant
• Proposed 1,000 MW Coal-fired Power Plant for Venezuela
• Gensa, Sochagota SA plans Feasibility Study for 150 MW Unit V for the Termopaipa Power Station
• Expansion Plans announced for 36 MW Choibalsan (Dornod) Power Station by 100 MW in Mongolia
• Shivee-Ovoo Power Station proposed near Coal Mine in Mongolia
• Chizhou Jiuhua Power Station plans 1,000 MW expansion for Units 3 & 4 in Anhui Province, China
• Plant achieves 3 mg/Nm³ Dust Emissions, 95 Percent DeNOx, and over 97 Percent SO₂ removal

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.

The Flow Control Future Belongs to International Companies with Holistic and Proactive Development, Supply and Sales Programs

The $350 billion flow control and treatment market is undergoing a steady change caused by:

·       Growth disparity between regions

·       Expansion of international companies in the high growth regions

There have been many acquisitions in recent years as international companies seek to adjust to these changes. However, acquisitions are only part of the adaptation process. Some international companies are very successful in their expansion efforts. Others are not doing as well. The differences can be attributed to six factors.

Product development is much more important in flow control and treatment than in some other industries where the pace of change is slow. A holistic program takes into account the range of opportunities whereas a myopic program is the victim of an existing culture e.g., IBM and personal computers. W.L. Gore has developed unique products in retail clothing as well as flow control and treatment where it supplies pump packings, liquid filtration bags, gas turbine filters, dust collector bags, NO_x and VOC removal technologies and most recently a novel device for mercury removal. The company shows the holistic strength by the breadth of industries and products. It has demonstrated its proactive strength by unique approaches which take an industry in a different direction.

Companies without strong product development programs complain that the Chinese are stealing their designs. Thermo Fisher, with a strong development program, has built its main air pollution research center in China.

Supply includes manufacturing, purchasing, engineering and service. International flow control companies have been investing in manufacturing facilities in Asia. Filtration media companies have been generally successful in setting up plants in China. The biggest opportunity lies in a holistic approach which combines manufacturing with service. Pentair, for example, has worked on a repair business based on expensive valves which can be repaired rather than replaced. This initiative combines the holistic manufacturing/repair combination plus the proactive concept to take the industry in a new direction.

The potential for remote monitoring, service and then maintenance support can be realized with holistic and proactive approaches. This potential is highest in developing countries moving to high tech production e.g., pharmaceuticals in India, semiconductors in China and ultrasupercritical coal-fired power plants in Vietnam.

Most international companies are failing to take the proper holistic approach to sales. Divisions are not sharing intelligence or collaborating. Management has initiated top down approaches to take advantage of synergies but efforts have often been unsuccessful. There is considerable potential for multi-company initiatives. Various governments are helping. The Italian government has a strong initiative to promote industrial valve exports. The Industrial Valve Summit held last year in Bergamo, Italy was an effective promotional aid to the Italian valve manufacturing industry.

The McIlvaine Company is focused on helping international companies with all six of the important factors for international success. In addition, McIlvaine is creating unique tools which can be shared by suppliers and end users around the world. They include:

·       Decision guides with classification of options for each industry.

·       Cross pollination among industries: McIlvaine conducted a cross industry pollination webinar on mercury removal for sewage sludge incinerators, coal-fired boilers, cement plants, waste-to-energy plants and natural gas pipelines. New developments applied to natural gas pipelines may be applicable to the other industries. Decision guides on NO_x, hot gas filtration and acid gas removal in multiple industries will be discussed in a series of webinars in March and April.

·       White papers and analyses on products focused on the total cost of ownership.

·       Identification of all supplier and end user parent companies by a corporate identification number with spelling in Chinese and English.

·       Supplier programs including many market reports and databases along with KOC Sales Strategy, 4 Lane Knowledge Bridge, and Detailed Forecasting of Markets, Prospects and Projects.

For more information click on:  N064 Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Market

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

Oil/Gas/Shale/Refining E-Alert

February 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.

PROJECTS

The following projects 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.

Technip Awarded Fabrication, Installation Contracts by Statoil for Johan Sverdrup and Oseberg Vestflanken (T17)

Technip was awarded by Statoil ASA two lump sum contracts for infield pipeline construction for the Johan Sverdrup Development and the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 projects. The Johan Sverdrup field is one of the largest oil fields in the North Sea and was discovered late 2011. The first development phase is targeted to be on-stream in 2019. The Oseberg Vestflanken 2 project is a development of the oil and gas structures Alfa, Gamma and Kappa, approximately located at 8 kilometers northwest of the Oseberg field center. The contracts awarded to Technip cover: - fabrication and installation of 29 kilometers of plastic lined 16” water injection flowlines for Johan Sverdrup, - fabrication and installation of 7.5 kilometers of 14” production pipeline and 9 kilometers of 10” gas injection pipeline for Oseberg Vestflanken 2. While both projects will be executed by Technip’s operating center in Lysaker, Norway, the Group will leverage its unique subsea integrated approach from fabrication to installation: - the flowlines will be welded and fabricated at the Technip spoolbase in Orkanger, Norway, - installation will be carried out by Technip’s state-of-the-art reel-lay vessel Deep Energy, during the second half of 2017. Facts Oseberg Vestflanken 2: •Oseberg Vestflanken 2 is the first of three planned phases for developing the remaining reserves in the Oseberg area. •The licensees are: Statoil (operator) (49.3%), Petoro (33.6%), Total (14.7%) and ConocoPhillips (2.4%). •Location: In the North Sea, around 8 kilometers northwest of the Oseberg Field Centre. •Water depth: Around 110 meters. •Estimated life: Until 2040. •Development: Unmanned and remote-controlled wellhead platform. Two subsea wells to be drilled from existing subsea templates will be included in the project. All wells will be drilled by a jackup Cat-J drilling rig. Facts Johan Sverdrup •Located on the Utsira Height in the North Sea, 155 kilometers west of Stavanger. •The licensees are: Statoil (operator) (40,0267%), Lundin Norway (22,6%), Petoro (17,36%), Det norske oljeelskap (11,5733%) and Maersk Oil (8,44%). •The field will be developed in phases. Production start-up is scheduled for end 2019. •The first phase involves the establishment of a field center consisting of four platforms. •Oil from the field will be piped to the Mongstad terminal in Hordaland, the gas will be transported to Kårstø in Rogaland via Statpipe. •Peak production will be equivalent to 25% of all Norwegian petroleum production. •Water depth is 110 – 120 meters. •The field will be operated by electrical power generated onshore.

New Pipeline Projects Increase Northeast Natural Gas Takeaway Capacity According to EIA

A number of recently completed and upcoming natural gas infrastructure projects are expected to increase the reach of natural gas produced in the Marcellus and Utica regions of the Northeastern United States. These projects are intended to transport natural gas from production centers to consuming markets or export terminals.

Canada Climate Test Seen as another Hurdle for Gas Export Plans

A climate test Canada has added to resource project reviews is being seen as one more obstacle holding back the nation’s fledgling liquefied natural gas industry, including a C$36 billion ($26 billion) project led by Petroliam Nasional Bhd.

UAE Plans Floating LNG Import Terminal Later This Year (T16)

State-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) plans to start a new liquefied natural gas floating import terminal (FSRU) in the second half of this year, three LNG industry sources said. The floating import terminal is being supplied by U.S. gas shipping company Excelerate Energy, the sources said. Both ADNOC and Excelerate Energy did not respond to requests for comment. One of the sources said the terminal's import capacity will be about 1 million tonnes per annum. The UAE already imports LNG via a floating terminal supplied by Excelerate Energy off the coast of Dubai.

UK Gas Plants Power Ahead as Coal Sector Eyes More Closures

UK gas power plants are set to benefit from rising profitability as oversupply pushes input costs down, although more closures are predicted in the coal sector as emissions costs soar.

India Seeks UAE Investment in Energy Sector

India has invited investments from the United Arab Emirates in a slew of oil projects as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's drive to attract greater foreign participation in upgrading and expanding the South Asian nation's stretched infrastructure.

Canadian Government to Fast Track Infrastructure Investments in Alberta

Canada is committed to fast-tracking infrastructure investments in the province of Alberta that is reeling from the global slump in energy prices

After Rapid Growth, U.S. Energy MLPs Running Out of Road

Investment vehicles that funneled more than $100 billion into U.S. pipelines, storage and other facilities during the shale boom now face an existential crisis after oil tumbled so low that it upended assumptions about risks and returns they offer.

Chesapeake Energy Woes Cast Shadow on U.S. Pipeline Companies

U.S. oil and gas pipeline companies including Williams Companies Inc and Kinder Morgan Inc have contracts worth billions of dollars that might be at risk as Chesapeake Energy Corp aims to slash its debts amid collapsing energy prices.

Big Corpus Christi PTA/PET Project Gets Bigger (07, T16)

Luxembourg-based M&G Chemicals announced January 20 that it will increase the capacity of the facility it is building in Corpus Christi, Texas, to manufacture the packaging material polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and its primary raw material purified terephthalic acid (PTA). Marco Ghisolfi, M&G Chemicals CEO announced in a written statement the increases of PET capacity from 1 million to at least 1.1 million tons per year and PTA capacity from 1.2 million to 1.3 million tons per year. "We decided to increase our investment in order to make it even more efficient. Most of the increased capacity has already been committed to the market. A portion of the capacity will also be used to displace our current imports from Mexico." Given the dramatic decline in crude oil prices, PET has become even more competitive to other packaging materials such as glass and paperboard, Ghisolfi explained. "We believe we will see additional replacement by PET of other materials," he added. The $800 million integrated facility, which M&G announced in 2011 and is building on a 410-acre site in Port Corpus Christi, is scheduled to open during the second half of this year. It will be the world's largest PTA/PET plant, Ghisolfi told DownstreamToday. M&G also produces PET at plants in Suape, Brazil and Altamira, Mexico. The Texas facility will deploy M&G's Easy-Up PET and IntegRex PTA technologies, M&G stated. According to the company, the PET part of the facility is on schedule but two suppliers of critical PTA equipment are indicating some delays that the company is evaluating. M&G said that it is working on back-up plans to ensure a seamless PET start-up.

LG Chem Drops Plan to Build $4.2 Bln Kazakh Petrochem Complex

South Korea's LG Chem said on January 26 it had decided to drop a plan to jointly build a $4.2-billion petrochemical complex in Kazakhstan, citing a prolonged slump in oil prices and a sharp increase in facility investments. In 2011, the chemical company said it would construct the complex near the western Kazakh city of Atyrau as part of a 50-50 joint venture with two Kazakh companies. The plan involved building ethylene and polyethylene plants with annual capacities of 840,000 tonnes and 800,000 tonnes, respectively. LG Chem also said it had cancelled its plan to invest in the polysilicon business, citing difficult prospects for a market turnaround in the short term. In 2011, the company said it would build a 5,000-tonne-per-year plant, at a cost of 491 billion won ($408 million), to manufacture polysilicon, which is used to make solar panels.

Alberta to Offer Incentives to Develop Petrochemical Industry

Alberta will provide financial incentives for companies willing to invest in petrochemical facilities as the Canadian province attempts to counter an oil industry downturn with the expansion of other sectors.

Gunvor Acquires Europoort Rotterdam Refinery

Gunvor Group has completed its acquisition of the Kuwait Petroleum Europoort refinery in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, from Kuwait Petroleum International, allowing the refinery to continue to operate in line with Gunvor’s integration and optimization strategies. “We are pleased to welcome the Rotterdam facility into the Group,” said Gia Mai, Gunvor’s Chief Investment Officer. “The Rotterdam refinery will enhance Gunvor’s existing refining operations, particularly through synergies with our Antwerp facility, while complementing our global trading activities.” As a part of the transfer, Kuwait Petroleum Europoort will now be named Gunvor Petroleum Rotterdam and will be integrated into Gunvor’s existing European refinery network, which includes refineries in Antwerp, Belgium and Ingolstadt, Germany, both wholly owned by the Group since 2012. Gunvor is one of the world’s leading independent commodities trading houses, and with the acquisition of the Rotterdam facility is now responsible for more than 1,000 refining jobs in Europe and almost 300,000 b/d of installed refining capacity.

Haldor Topsoe Signs Contract for New Fertilizer Plant in Slovakia (T17)

Haldor Topsoe A/S has signed contracts with Technip and Duslo s.a. of Slovakia for a new ammonia plant that will be constructed adjacent to an existing fertilizer complex in Šaľa, a town located 65 kilometers from Bratislava, the capital of the Slovak Republic. As part of the project, Haldor Topsoe will supply licensing and basic engineering as well as proprietary catalyst and equipment for the ammonia plant, while Technip has been awarded the contract to develop EPC for the new plant. The plant is expected to go on-stream in early 2018 and will be designed to meet a daily production capacity of 1600 MTPD. Consequently, the new plant is set to become an important part of the local economy of Slovakia by providing economic growth as well as a reliable source to downstream urea and ammonium nitrate that can benefit productivity in the agricultural sector. The new ammonia plant will be designed based on the latest proprietary Haldor Topsoe technology, namely the Haldor Topsoe Exchange Reformer (HTER) technology that ensures an efficient and reliable conversion of the feedstock which improves plant economics significantly and minimizes the environmental impact of the plant. From a technical perspective the HTER consists of a number of catalyst filled tubes installed in a refractory lined shell located in parallel with the main reformer and utilizing the waste heat available from the secondary reformer. In this way the layout not only reduces the size of the main reformer and its natural gas fuel consumption, but also minimizes steam generation from the plant. “The project in Slovakia is unique because it represents the first entirely new ammonia plant to be built in Europe over the last decades. The ammonia industry is highly competitive and even the slightest changes in performance can impact the bottom line significantly. Improvements in production technology such as HTER are paving the way for improved production economics. This applies to new plants, but is also relevant when it comes to revamps of older plant facilities in Europe. In fact a revamp with a HTER can enhance capacity in an existing plant with as much as up to 25%”, says Per Bakkerud, Group Vice President in Topsoe’s Chemical Business Unit.

Enersul Receives Equipment Supply Contract from Petrofac International (UAE) (T16)

Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta announced that it has been awarded an equipment supply contract from Petrofac International (UAE) LLC, for the PETRONAS’ Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia. This contract is for the supply of five (5) Enersul GX™ sulfur granulation units. This project will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2016. The RAPID project consists of a world scale integrated site which includes refining activities and petrochemicals production. The refinery will have a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day (bpd), while the steam cracker’s combined annual production is anticipated to be more than 3 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of ethylene, propylene and C4-C6 olefins products. Products from the refinery and steam cracker will be the feedstock to produce premium differentiated specialty petrochemical products. Enersul is the world’s leading supplier of customized sulphur processing and handling equipment. Enersul also operates sulfur processing and handling facilities in Canada and the Middle East.

PBF Doubles East Coast Fuel Tank Space, Keeping a Third for Itself

U.S. refiner PBF Energy's logistics arm is doubling its nationwide fuel storage capacity with over 4 million barrels of tanks in the Philadelphia area, giving it greater freedom to trade in a key market.

Canadian Energy Companies Sell 'Jewels' to Keep Oil Sands Afloat

Faced with record low prices for heavy crude, Canadian energy companies are sacrificing other parts of their business to keep higher-cost oil sands production going and safeguard the billions already invested in these multi-decade projects.

Topsoe Part of Consortium to Develop $1 Bln Large-scale Fertilizer Plant in Tanzania (08, T17)

A consortium consisting of Haldor Topsoe A/S, the German company Ferrostaal Industrial Projects GmbH, and the Pakistani industrial enterprise Fauji Fertilizer Company Ltd, is going to develop a large-scale fertilizer complex in Tanzania together with the state-owned Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation. The project is currently the largest investment project in Tanzania with an investment sum of more than US$1 Billion, and the project is being discussed as part of an official state visit to Tanzania from Germany’s President Joachim Gauck. The fertilizer complex is expected to be on-stream in 2019/20, producing 1.3 million tonnes of fertilizer per year for both the local and international market. Agriculture in Tanzania will stand to benefit in particular. The sector makes up approximately one third of Tanzania’s gross domestic product, with more than 75% of the population working in the agricultural sector. It is expected that 5,000 direct and indirect jobs will be created during the construction and operating period. The consortium is providing support through the entire project development, including financing, technology, product-offtake as well as construction, maintenance and operation of the plant. As part of this, Topsoe’s role will be to deliver license, engineering, hardware and catalysts for the fertilizer plant that will be located in the South of Tanzania, in the Mt. Wara area, where there are existing port facilities and connections to a future natural gas grid. The consortium emerged as the winner of a tender carried out by the Tanzanian government in 2013 and is currently in exclusive negotiations with gas suppliers regarding the supply of gas for the fertilizer complex. Furthermore, Tanzanian shareholders and off-takers will also play a significant part in the further development and realization of the project.

Iran Considers Stakes in Refineries in Other Countries

Iran holds a stake in a refinery project in Malaysia and is considering taking stakes in projects in five other countries, the managing director of the National Iranian Oil Engineering and Construction Company (NIOEC) was quoted as saying.

JGC Awarded EPC Contract for a Gas Processing Plant Project in Bahrain (07, T17)

JGC Corporation announced January 29 that it has received a contract to build the Gas Processing facilities in Bahrain. The Gas Processing Project, located in the Bahrain oil field area south of Awali, near Jebel Al-Dukhan, the Kingdom of Bahrain 20 kilometers south of Manama and operated by the Bahrain National Gas Expansion Company (B.S.C.)., calls for engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for the Gas Processing Plant with a daily throughput capacity of 350 MMSCFD. The project is scheduled for completion in September, 2018. The value of the lump-sum turnkey basis contract is 40 billion yen . This project is intended to construct a plant for recovering high-value-added petroleum constituents (LPG, and naphtha) contained in petroleum-entrained gas which have not been recovered in the past. It is expected that, by exporting recovered petroleum constituents as commercial products, this plant will contribute to the development of the oil and gas industry in Bahrain. For this project, the client adopted a front end engineering design(FEED) Design Competition in which bidders carried out the FEED, and then prepared EPC proposals based on their FEED. This required that the contractor should have a high level of ability to offer technical solutions in all processes ranging from front end engineering to construction. JGC has a history of successfully completing numerous projects in the Middle East, which is their most important market, and Bahrain is planning a number of refinery projects.

Fluor Awarded Cutbank Ridge Partnership Sweet Gas Plant Project (T17)

Fluor Corporation announced February 8 that the Cutbank Ridge Partnership selected Fluor to execute engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) for Saturn 15-27 Phase 2 Sweet Gas Plant Project near Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in the fourth quarter of 2015. The project is part of the Cutbank Ridge Partnership Program to develop natural gas and natural gas liquid (NGL) production, with three similar projects: Sunrise 04-26, Tower 03-07 and Saturn 15-27 Phase 2. Fluor is currently executing the EPCM for all three projects. The new facilities will receive sweet natural gas, remove water and hydrocarbons, chill and compress the gas to meet transmission pipeline requirements and recover NGL from the gas streams. The plants will have the capacity to process a combined additional 800 million cubic feet of gas per day. The Cutbank Ridge Partnership is an agreement between Mitsubishi Corporation and Encana Corporation which involves the long-term development of natural gas resources in Northeast British Columbia. SATURN 15-27 SWEET GAS PLANT Land Use Setting March 31, 2015 Table 5 Project Schedule Project Component Estimated Date Pre-Construction Phase Submission of the Project Description to the EAO March 2015 Anticipated EAO decision regarding section 10(1)(b) July–August 2015 Engineering Design (Front End Engineering Design and Detailed Design) Q4 2014 to Q2 2015 Receipt of OGC Permits and Approvals Q3 2015 Construction Phase Start Construction Q3 2015 Commissioning 2018 Operations Phase Start Operation 2018

Aramco Signs Turbine Maintenance Deal with Mitsubishi

Saudi Aramco Gas Operations has successfully deployed a corporate procurement agreement and long-term service agreement with the world’s largest heavy industrial gas turbine supplier, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd. (MHPS). The first-of-its-kind agreement between the two companies will provide field maintenance, monitoring and extensive technical support of gas turbines by domestically sourced maintenance, parts management, parts supply and repair, thereby creating local jobs. The agreement assigns MHPS to expertise the maintenance of their equipment installed at Saudi Aramco facilities, including generators and all auxiliary systems under the partnership of its operating facilities. This includes management of Saudi Aramco’s fleet of MHPS gas turbines and spare parts sharing, covering the gas turbine generator and auxiliaries, including storage, inventory management, and logistics by MHPS. A local repair facility — with 50% Saudization — is established to facilitate all types of gas turbine parts repair, including a training and simulation center to provide in-Kingdom training for Saudi engineers and technicians. To date, Mitsubishi’s local affiliate, MHI Power Systems Co. LLC, has delivered 11 M501F gas turbines to Saudi Aramco, producing almost 2,000 megawatts.

ICA Fluor to Build $1Bln Refining Facility in Mexico (T17)

Fluor Corporation announced January 11 that ICA Fluor, its industrial engineering and construction joint venture with Empresas ICA, S.A.B. de C.V, was authorized by Pemex Transformación Industrial (Pemex) to proceed with the engineering, procurement and construction (Phase II) of the Madero Clean Diesel project at the Madero Refinery in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Fluor booked its $500 million share of the contract in the fourth quarter of 2015. ICA Fluor will provide detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up services for two 25,000-barrel-per-day diesel hydrodesulfurization trains and associated facilities. The project also includes installation of new hydrogen, sulfur recovery and sour water treatment plants, the revamp of the existing diesel hydrodesulfurization unit, and offsites and utilities to integrate the new production facility with the existing refinery. The project is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2018. The project is part of Pemex’s clean fuels program, its comprehensive development and modernization program, and is designed to increase Mexico’s production of ultra-low sulfur diesel in accordance with applicable environmental standards.

Maire Tecnimont Receives a Polyethylene Plant Contract from SOCAR (06)

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that, as a result of an international tender, its subsidiaries Tecnimont S.p.A. and KT Kinetics Technology S.p.A have signed an EPC contract with SOCAR POLYMER for the realization of a polyethylene plant on a Lump Sum Turn-Key basis. The plant will be located in the Sumgayit Petrochemical Complex around 30 km North of Baku, Azerbaijan. Total contract value is approximately US$180 million. SOCAR POLYMER is a Company controlled by SOCAR, the national company of Azerbaijan active in the oil, gas, petrochemicals and fertilizer sectors. The Project’s Scope of Work envisages the provision of complete engineering services, equipment and material supply, construction activities up to start up and guarantee test run. The plant will be developed on the basis of the Ineos Innovene S technology and will have a capacity of 120,000 t/y (tons per year). This award follows the contract granted in April 2015 by the same client for the realization of the Sumgayit’s polypropylene plant, thus highlighting the Group’s reliability and competitiveness with a key client such as SOCAR. With this achievement Maire Tecnimont Group consolidates its leadership in the polyolefins field, by further strengthening its presence in the Caspian Area, where the Group can boast a long-lasting and successful track record.

Iran Methanol Plant Contract for Topsoe

Topsoe, the Danish technology, catalyst and services vendor to the petrochemical and refining industry, will open permanent offices in Tehran. The decision is made based on the company’s deep-rooted knowledge of the sector and long-standing relations with Iranian companies. Simultaneously, the company can celebrate the signing of a contract with Badr-e-Shargh Petrochemical Complex for licenses, engineering, proprietary equipment, materials and catalyst for their new methanol plant in Chabahar, Iran. It will be the first plant in a new industrial zone in the area. Topsoe’s Tehran office will be led by Managing Director Jens Ole Madsen, who has broad management and sales experience from many years with Topsoe and other engineering and cleantech companies. For more information, please visit www.topsoe.com

Technip Awarded Subsea Contract in the Gulf of Mexico (T16)

Technip has been awarded a lump sum contract by Deep Gulf Energy III, LLC (“DGE”) for the development of the South Santa Cruz and Barataria fields. These ultra-deepwater fields are located in Mississippi Canyon, offshore New Orleans, in the Gulf of Mexico, in approximately 2,000 meters of water depth. The contract consists of: - Project management and engineering services, - Fabrication and installation of approximately 23 kilometers of pipe-in-pipe flowline, - Design, fabrication and installation of flowline end terminations, - Fabrication and installation of jumpers, - Pre-commissioning for the flowline. Covering all aspects of the field development from engineering to design, manufacturing and installation, this new award highlights Technip’s unique vertical integration in the subsea business environment. Technip's operating center in Houston, Texas, USA, will manage the overall project. The flowline system will be fabricated at the Group’s spoolbase in Mobile, Alabama, USA. The offshore installation is expected to be performed in the second half of 2016 by Technip’s vessel the Deep Blue, the Group’s flagship vessel for deepwater pipelay.

Subsea 7 Awarded Frame Agreement Offshore UK

Subsea 7 S.A. has been awarded a sizeable(1) three-year frame agreement, with four one-year options, for six North Sea clients: Chevron North Sea Limited, Dana Petroleum (E&P) Limited, Hess Denmark APS, Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited, Talisman Sinopec Energy UK Limited and TAQA Bratani Limited. Under this frame agreement, Subsea 7 will continue to provide Diving Support Vessel (DSV) services on a year-round basis, as well as associated project management and engineering services to over 40 facilities in the North Sea. This award follows on from the original frame agreement awarded in 2009. One of the key advantages of this collaborative approach is that it allows all operators to benefit from lower costs realised through the sharing of resources. The scope of work includes diver and ROV inspection, repair and maintenance, subsea construction and decommissioning services, and dedicated long-term project support. Project management and engineering work will be managed from Subsea 7's Aberdeen office. (1) Contract term: Subsea 7 defines a sizeable contract as being between US$50 million and US$150 million. Frame agreement estimated values are not included in backlog or revenue until call-off contracts are signed

Saipem Awarded €360 Million New E&C Onshore Contracts (07, T17)

Saipem has been awarded new E&C onshore contracts for a total amount of approximately €360 million. Among the most significant awards was a contract with Ital Gas Storage (IGS) for the development of gas storage facilities in Cornegliano Laudense, located in the north of Italy. Saipem will carry out engineering, procurement and construction work for the gas storage facilities, which will consist of two clusters of well-heads, connected by a gas pipeline, and the corresponding surface storage facilities. The facilities will have a gas injection/withdrawal peak design capacity of 28 million standard cubic meters per day and will be completed by the second half of 2018. The storage facilities will be connected to the Italian gas network, which in turn is connected to the largest Italian and European high pressure gas pipelines.

Summit Midstream Partners Announces Start-Up of Crude Oil ipeline Systems in ND Bakken Shale

Summit Midstream Partners, LP announced February 9 that it has commenced operations of the Stampede Lateral crude oil transmission pipeline in North Dakota and is currently in the final stages of completing the nearby Little Muddy crude oil transmission pipeline, which includes an interconnect with Enbridge's North Dakota Pipeline System.

Diamond Offshore and GE Oil & Gas Enter Industry's First Performance-Based Subsea Blowout Preventer Service Agreement

- First-of-its-kind service agreement is a new model for offshore drilling industry - Diamond Offshore's Pressure Control by the Hour™ model includes performance incentives to reduce downtime and improve system reliability for Diamond Offshore and its customers - Under the arrangement, GE Oil & Gas will provide "engageDrilling™ Services" for Blowout-preventer (BOP) systems on Diamond Offshore's four 6th-Generation drillships, including management of maintenance, certification and reliability - BOP systems included in the arrangement will be owned by GE

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass and Shell LNG North America Execute Twenty Year Sales and Purchase Agreement

Venture Global LNG, Inc. has announced that its subsidiary, Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC, has entered into a sales and purchase agreement ("SPA") with Shell NA LNG LLC ("Shell"), under which Shell has agreed to purchase one million tonnes per annum ("MTPA") of liquefied natural gas from Venture Global Calcasieu Pass's LNG export facility under development in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

Petrofac Awards Contract for Gas Leak Tracking to Bertin Technologies

Petrofac, a leading service provider to the international oil & gas industry, awarded a contract to Bertin Technologies, a subsidiary of CNIM group, to supply, install and commission a pioneering gas leak tracking system, Second Sight®, at the Saudi Aramco owned Jazan refinery 1.

Integrated Environmental Technologies Announces New Proprietary Treatment Protocol That Significantly Increases Oil Well Production

Initial Testing Shows Significant Increase in Production for Stripper Wells While Reducing Hydrogen Sulfide, Iron Sulfide Scales and Bacterial Deposits

Honeywell UOP Technology, Modular Equipment Powers New Clean Fuels Refinery in Pakistan

Honeywell's UOP technology and modular equipment, combined with process controls, double refinery output of high-quality gasoline to help meet growing domestic demand

Medallion Pipeline Launches Open Season for Expansion Project (T16)

Medallion Pipeline Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Medallion Midstream LLC, announced on February 9 a binding Open Season which solicits long-term commitments from shippers for firm transportation capacity on the third major expansion of Medallion’s existing crude oil pipeline system. The current project proposed by the Open Season will further extend and expand the geographic scope of the existing 320-mile system: •The “Howard Lateral” is a proposed 45,000 barrel per day bi-directional crude oil pipeline which will extend from multiple origin points in Howard County, Texas approximately 49 miles to the southeast to a new point of interconnection on Medallion’s Wolfcamp Connector mainline system in Glasscock County, Texas. •An integral part of the overall project is a proposed 30,000 barrel per day expansion of Medallion’s existing Wolfcamp Connector mainline system which originates at the Garden City Station in Glasscock County and extends approximately 60 miles north to the Colorado City hub in Scurry County, Texas. Medallion is conducting the binding Open Season to obtain long-term volume commitments for firm transportation capacity on the Howard Lateral and the Wolfcamp Connector expansion (referred to as the “Expansion Project”). The Open Season provides an opportunity for interested shippers to acquire long-term firm capacity, under minimum 10-year term Transportation Service Agreements and other eligibility requirements, as a Committed Firm Shipper on the Expansion Project. The Expansion Project is expected to commence full commercial operations in the second quarter of 2016, although certain segments of the Expansion Project may commence service on an interim basis on an earlier date. Open Season Process The Open Season began on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 and ends on Friday, February 26, 2016. All bids must be submitted to the Medallion representative listed below by 5:00 pm Central Standard Time on or before February 26, 2016. Bona fide prospective Shippers may obtain copies of the Transportation Service Agreement, as well as the proposed Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Texas Railroad Commission Tariffs (the “Confidential Open Season Documents”), by contacting the Medallion representative listed below. Medallion requires a prospective shipper to execute a Confidentiality Agreement prior to delivery of these documents. More information concerning the Expansion Project, and the binding Open Season is available on the Medallion website www.medallionmidstream.com or by contacting the Medallion representative listed below. Medallion Pipeline Company, LLC 222 West Las Colinas Blvd., Suite 1140E Irving, Texas 75039 Attention: Paige Snider Phone: 972-746-4401 Email: info@medallionmidstream.com

Florida Southeast Connection Project Receives Key FERC Approval (07, T16)

Florida Southeast Connection, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. on February 3 announced that it has received a Certificate of Public Need and Necessity from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to construct and operate a proposed underground pipeline to transport natural gas to southern Florida. The pipeline facilities will help ensure Florida maintains access to clean, affordable U.S.-produced natural gas needed to meet the state's growing electricity needs. The approval provides the company with authorization, subject to certain conditions, to prepare for construction, which is expected to begin this spring. The estimated $550 million Florida Southeast Connection pipeline would interconnect with the two existing systems in Central Florida and a new interstate pipeline expected to be built and operated by Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC. The Sabal Trail pipeline would originate in Alabama to access the abundant natural gas reserves in various regions of the U.S. It would terminate at a new Central Florida Hub south of Orlando, Fla. Sabal Trail is a joint venture of Spectra Energy Partners, LP, NextEra Energy and Duke Energy. The Florida Southeast Connection pipeline route originates in Osceola County and runs 126 miles south and east, terminating at the FPL Martin Clean Energy Center in Indiantown, Fla. The company expects FERC to issue a Notice to Proceed with Construction this spring. Construction of the underground pipeline and associated facilities is expected to take approximately one year. It is scheduled to enter service in 2017. More than 60 percent of the electricity used by Floridians is generated by natural gas, making it the leading fuel for energy generation in the state. Florida is currently served by only two major pipeline systems, and both are nearing full capacity.

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Flow Control and Treatment Mining Market Tops $13 Billion in 2017

The mining industry will spend $13 billion for flow control and treatment equipment and services in 2017. The forecast appearing in N064 Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Market includes the following fluids:  air, water, gas, oil, slurries and other. Movement of gases and air with fans and compressors is a big segment. Three billion dollars will be spent for pumps and valves.

The air and water monitoring expenditures can be further segmented based on how the equipment is used. Online continuous measurement makes up the bulk of the expenditures.

The mining market is characterized by very large projects which are few in number but comprise a significant portion of the market. So the market is volatile. Presently there are a number of large potash projects in Saskatchewan, Canada which represent a potential sale of flow control and treatment equipment of close to $1 billion or over 7 percent of the entire annual market. A very large copper mining project in Ecuador will significantly impact the total market.

The U.S. represents only 6 percent of the mining potential for the largest segments which include iron ore, coal, bauxite, copper and phosphate. China on the other hand represents 23 percent of the total based on domestic production. When you consider that China is a major investor in the rest of the Americas which will account for 19 percent of the production and Africa with 13 percent of the production, its influence on mining flow control and treatment is considerable.

China and the Americas will account for over 33 percent of the bauxite production in 2017.

China will account for nearly 42 percent of coal production in 2017.

Central and South America will produce 43 percent of the copper in 2017.

Twenty-five percent of the iron ore will be produced in the Americas in 2017.

China and Africa will account for 69 percent of 2017 phosphate production.

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