FABRIC FILTER NEWSLETTER HEADLINES
October 2014
MEGA SYMPOSIUM
• MEGA Was About “Fine Tuning” of APC Technology
• Discussion Covers Variety of Leak Detectors
• Sorbent Injection Systems Force Implementation of Cleaning Changes
MARKETS
• Fabric Filter Market Could Be 4 Billion Dollars Larger if Catalytic Filter is
Adopted
• China Air Filter and Fabric Filter Markets are Competing
• Game Changers for the Air, Water Treatment and Flow Market
CEMENT
• FLSmidth to Supply Cement Plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Modernization Underway at Holcim Ada Oklahoma Plant
INDUSTRY NEWS
• Clarcor Maintains Strong Momentum
• Donaldson Reports Record Fourth Quarter Sales and Earnings
• Good First Half Bookings for Hamon
• INDA’s Filtration 2014 at Baltimore Convention Center, November 18-20, 2014
• Chevron Phillips Chemical Signs Agreement to Sell its Ryton PPS Business to
Solvay
• Dundee Sarea Acquires Redecam Group
• FLSmidth AFT Will Continue to Supply Filter Bags and Cages to Covanta’s Energy
from Waste Facilities
• Donaldson Opens New Distribution Center in Lima, Peru
• New FLSmidth Service Center in Zacatecas, Mexico
• Ahlstrom announces Price Increases for Advanced Filtration Materials
• Hollingsworth and Vose to Increase Price on Industrial Filtration Products
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OIL & GAS SALES LEADS HEADLINES
October 31, 2014
(Listed by most current date)
Dakota Gold Transfer – Plaza, LLC Announces New Crude Oil Terminal in North
Dakota’s Bakken Shale (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)
GE Invests $5 Mln in Norway Technology Solutions Center to Fuel Oil and Gas
Industry (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)
MarkWest Announces Expansion of Processing and Fractionation Infrastructure in
Butler County, PA (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)
Kinder Morgan to Expand Edmonton Crude Oil Rail Terminal Now Under Construction
(Article Dated: 10/31/2014)
PennEast Pipeline, Announces Project to Supply Marcellus Natural Gas to
Mid-Atlantic Region (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)
PA Governor and Panda Power Funds Break Ground on Second 829-MW Marcellus
Shale-Gas Power Plant (Article Dated: 10/31/2014)
Williams Announces Open Season for Transco Pipeline’s Diamond East Project
(Article Dated: 10/31/2014)
Dakota Plains and Hiland Crude Announce Bakken Gathering Pipeline to Pioneer
Rail Terminal (Article Dated: 10/30/2014)
Intervale Capital Acquires Recapture Solutions, LLC from Triten Corp (Article
Dated: 10/30/2014)
Apache Announces First Canning Basin Oil Discovery Offshore Western Australia
(Article Dated: 10/30/2014)
EnLink Midstream Announces 45 Mile Condensate Pipeline and Compression and
Stabilization Facilities (Article Dated: 10/30/2014)
Alfa Laval Wins SEK 80 Mln Energy-Efficiency Order in Canada (Article Dated:
10/30/2014)
Alfa Laval Wins SEK 95 Mln Natural Gas Order to a U.S. Export Terminal (Article
Dated: 10/30/2014)
Seadrill Secures $497 Mln Rig Contract in Nigeria (Article Dated: 10/30/2014)
Chevron’s CEO Sees Bright Future for Oil and Gas (Article Dated: 10/29/2014)
Saddle Butte Launches Binding Open Season for Rockies South Pipeline (Article
Dated: 10/29/2014)
Scathing Report Details Canada’s Environmental Shortfalls (Article Dated:
10/29/2014)
Oil Slump Means Canceled Projects as Investment Declines (Article Dated:
10/29/2014)
U.S. ‘nano-genius’ to Head $20 Mln Oilsands Research Program (Article Dated:
10/29/2014)
Europe’s Changing Political Climate Working for Canada’s Oilsands (Article
Dated: 10/29/2014)
Northern Gateway Pipeline Project Likely Delayed Beyond 2018 (Article Dated:
10/29/2014)
Alberta Energy Regulator Approves Pipeline from Fort McMurray to Edmonton
(Article Dated: 10/28/2014)
Kuwait Purchases Thirty Percent of Chevron Holdings in Canada’s Duvernay Shale
(Article Dated: 10/24/2014)
EU Abandons 'Dirty' Label for Tar Sands Oil (Article Dated: 10/24/2014)
Pembina Shelves Pipeline Linked to Stalled Canadian Oil Sands Project (Article
Dated: 10/24/2014)
Sky Is the Limit for New Utah Oil Sands Tech (Article Dated: 10/24/2014)
Alberta Energy Regulator Approves $3 Bln Grand Rapids Pipeline Project (Article
Dated: 10/24/2014)
AEV System Treats Oily Sand, Oily Sludge, Oily Millscale and Contaminated Sand
and Soils (Article Dated: 10/24/2014)
Pembina Pipeline Unveils Plans for $314 Mln Diluent Terminal Development in
Alberta (Article Dated: 10/24/2014)
Statoil Calls Off 40,000-bpd Canadian Oil Sand Development (Article Dated:
10/23/2014)
Fort Hills Awards Oil Sands Contract Worth $1.3 Bln to Fluor (Article Dated:
10/23/2014)
Oil Sands Companies to Adopt Voluntary Environmental Commitments in Canada
(Article Dated: 10/23/2014)
Excelsior Engineering Selected as EPCM Contractor by Field Upgrading (Article
Dated: 10/23/2014)
Thailand Awaits Vietnamese Decision on $22 Bln Petrochemicals Development
(Article Dated: 10/22/2014)
Saudi Arabia’s Advanced Petrochemical to Enhance Polypropylene Capacity in 2015
(Article Dated: 10/21/2014)
Egyptian Refining’s $3.7 Bln Mostorod Refinery Upgrade Underway (Article Dated:
10/21/2014)
China's New PDH Plants Face up to Asian Propylene Glut (Article Dated:
10/21/2014)
Engineers India Wins Order from Assam Petrochemicals to Start Methanol and
Acetic Acid (Article Dated: 10/21/2014)
Ineos Suspends Plans for U.S. Gulf Coast Ethylene Oxide Unit (Article Dated:
10/21/2014)
Egypt to Invest $14.5 Bln in Petrochemicals and Refining over Five Years
(Article Dated: 10/21/2014)
Duqm Refinery Floats Tender for Petrochemicals Project (Article Dated:
10/20/2014)
Asian Petrochemicals (Article Dated: 10/20/2014)
Russia Petrochemicals Report Q4 2014 (Article Dated: 10/20/2014)
UK's Ineos Extends Shale Gas Acreage with Eighty Percent of Scottish License
(Article Dated: 10/20/2014)
Univation to Become Wholly Owned Dow Unit in Deal with ExxonMobil (Article
Dated: 10/20/2014)
Tioga Delivers Specialty Pipe for LyondellBasell Expansion (Article Dated:
10/20/2014)
CB&I to License, Design Polypropylene Unit for China Project (Article Dated:
10/20/2014)
North Dakota Group Plans $4 Bln Chemical Plant (Article Dated: 10/20/2014)
Industries Qatar Puts Multi Billion Dollar Al Sejeel Petrochemicals Project on
Hold (Article Dated: 10/20/2014)
Saudi Sipchem Starts Plastics Plant with South Korea's Hanwha Chemical (Article
Dated: 10/17/2014)
ExxonMobil to Boost Hydrocarbon Fluid Production at Antwerp, Singapore (Article
Dated: 10/17/2014)
Japan's Mitsui Restarts Naphtha Cracker after Repair (Article Dated: 10/17/2014)
Sipchem to Build Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) Film Plant (Article Dated:
10/17/2014)
Saudi Sipchem Says Affiliate Restarts Butanediol Plant (Article Dated:
10/17/2014)
LyondellBasell Eyes Further Expansion at SE Texas Plant (Article Dated:
10/16/2014)
Kinder Morgan Reveals Anchor Shipper for Utica-Ontario Pipeline (Article Dated:
10/16/2014)
Huntsman to Add MDI Plant at Geismar, LA Site (Article Dated: 10/16/2014)
Dow Chemical Expects to Raise Over $2 Bln from Sale of 3 Units (Article Dated:
10/16/2014)
Borealis Awards Service Contract for Ethane Cracker Upgrade (Article Dated:
10/16/2014)
Saudi Aramco, Sumitomo Chemical Invite Banks to Back $8.5 Bln JV Plant Expansion
(Article Dated: 10/15/2014)
PKN Orlen Awards CB&I a Contract for Olefins Plant in Poland (Article Dated:
10/15/2014)
Thai PTT and Saudi Aramco in Joint Vietnam Petrochemical Project (Article Dated:
10/15/2014)
Shell's Refining Business Looks for Strength in Its Downstream Chemicals
(Article Dated: 10/15/2014)
Chinese Firm to Use UOP Technology to Produce Isobutylene (Article Dated:
10/15/2014)
Japan's Idemitsu Shuts Naphtha Cracker for Turnaround (Article Dated:
10/15/2014)
Momentive Specialty Chemicals Expands Alberta Triazine Plant (Article Dated:
10/15/2014)
Sasol Eyes Angola, Ghana and Tanzania Opportunities (Article Dated: 10/15/2014)
Boardwalk to Acquire Evangeline Ethylene Pipeline from Chevron (Article Dated:
10/15/2014)
South Korea Increases Emissions Cap in Proposed Carbon Trading Scheme (Article
Dated: 10/15/2014)
Saudi Ethylene Plant Enters Planned Maintenance (Article Dated: 10/14/2014)
China's CNOOC Hizhou Petchem Plant Wants U.S. LPG as Feedstock (Article Dated:
10/14/2014)
Banking on U.S. Shale Gas Boom, Asia Petrochemical Firms Switch to LPG (Article
Dated: 10/14/2014)
CB&I Licenses Technology for China PP Expansion (Article Dated: 10/14/2014)
Shenhua Ningxia Coal Selects CB&I Technology for Chinese Petrochemicals Complex
(Article Dated: 10/14/2014)
Water Shortage Curbing Growth of China’s Coal-to-chemicals Projects (Article
Dated: 10/14/2014)
Yamal, Russia's Gas Megaplan, Becomes Symbol of Defiance against Western
Sanctions (Article Dated: 10/10/2014)
Europe LNG Terminal Capacity Seen Adequate if Russian Gas Flows Stop (Article
Dated: 10/10/2014)
Sembcorp Marine Wins $190 Mln Bechtel Contract to Fabricate LNG Process Modules
(Article Dated: 10/10/2014)
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SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY UPDATE HEADLINES
September 2014
• The Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at SUNY Polytechnic
Institute
• Murata to acquire Peregrine Semiconductor
• Infineon to acquire U.S.-based Semiconductor Company
• SMIC and JCET Establish a Joint Venture
• Fairchild to Shut Down Penang, Bucheon Fab Lines
• Eon Silicon, China Sigma Team Up for NAND Flash
• Toshiba, SanDisk Open Semiconductor Fab 5
• UMC joins Fujitsu’s New Foundry Company
• Google Developing Quantum Computing Chip
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WORLD POWER GENERATION PROJECTS HEADLINES
This includes only projects where there was an update during the month. There
are thousands of projects in the database.
Revision Date: October 8 - 15, 2014
Project Title First Entry Date Location Startup date
Ain Djaser III GT - Sonelgaz 9/26/2014 Algeria 2017
Taza combined cycle conversion - Ministry of Electricity 5/8/2014 Iraq Unknown
Rumaila combined cycle conversion - Ministry of Electricity 5/8/2014 Iraq
Unknown
Al Samawa combined cycle conversion - Ministry of Electricity 5/8/2014 Iraq
Unknown
Al Khairat combined cycle conversion - Ministry of Electricity 5/8/2014 Iraq
Unknown
Al Sadr combined cycle conversion - Ministry of Electricity 5/8/2014 Iraq
Unknown
Al Diwaniya combined cycle conversion - Ministry of Electricity 5/8/2014 Iraq
Unknown
Shat Al Basra CCGT - Ministry of Electricity 5/7/2014 Iraq 2016
Zubair GT - Ministry of Electricity 5/7/2014 Iraq Unknown
Erbil combined cycle converson - Mass Group Holding 5/7/2014 Iraq 2015
Dohuk combined cycle converson - Mass Group Holding 5/7/2014 Iraq 2016
Qeshm Island CCGT - MAPNA 5/2/2014 Iran Unknown
Hormozgan combined cycle conversion - Tavanir 4/30/2014 Iran Unknown
Neyzar CCGT - Farab Energy & Water 4/30/2014 Iran Unknown
Harand GT- Farab Energy & Water 4/30/2014 Iran Unknown
Parand combined cycle conversion - MAPNA 4/30/2014 Iran Unknown
Al Dur II CCGT - Al Dur Power & Water 4/29/2014 Bahrain 2017
Nasiriya CCGT - Ministry of Electricity 10/1/2013 Iraq 2016
Inchaban CCGT - Jacobson Jelco Ghana Ltd. 9/1/2013 Ghana 2016
Ras Djinet CCGT - Sonelgaz 6/1/2013 Algeria 2016
Ain Arnat CCGT - Sonelgaz 6/1/2013 Algeria 2016
6th October expansion - Cairo Electricity Production Co. 6/1/2013 Egypt 2016
Azito combined cycle conversion - Azito Energie 12/1/2012 Ivory Coast 2015
Khormala CCGT - Ministry of Electricity 6/1/2012 Iraq 2014
Domunli CCGT - Volta River Authority 5/1/2012 Ghana 2017
Al Anbar CCGT - Ministry of Electricity 5/1/2012 Iraq 2016
Abatta CCGT - Petroci 4/1/2012 Ivory Coast 2016
Mansuriyah CCGT - Ministry of Electricity 11/1/2011 Iraq 2015
Qayara GT - Ministry of Electricity 6/1/2011 Iraq 2014
Al Najibiya CCGT - Ministry of Electricity 4/1/2011 Iraq 2015
Haidariya GT - Ministry of Electricity 4/1/2011 Iraq 2014
Amara CCGT - Ministry of Electricity 4/1/2011 Iraq 2014
Hassi R'Mel GT - Sonelgaz 9/1/2010 Algeria 2016
Asaluyeh combined cycle conversion - Pars Oil and Gas 4/1/2010 Iran Unknown
Sulaymaniyah combined cycle conversion - Mass Global Holding 2/1/2010 Iraq 2015
Dibis GT - Ministry of Electricity 2/1/2009 Iraq 2014
Maria Gleta combined cycle conversion - West African Power Pool 2/1/2008 Benin
Republic 2016
Mmashoro GT - Botswana Power 11/1/2007 Botswana 2015
Khoram Abad GT - Farab Energy & Water 3/1/2006 Iran 2014
Nouakchott CCGT - Somelec Mauritania 2016
Project Title First Entry Date Location Startup Date
Sitentu CCGT - Groot Property Group 12/1/2011 Namibia 2015
Kudu CCGT - NamPower 7/1/2004 Namibia 2018
Revision Date 10/15/2014
Project Title First Entry Date Location Startup Date
Ughelli GT upgrade - Transcorp Power 1/1/2014 Nigeria 2015
Yankari GT - Yankari Power 11/1/2013 Nigeria 2016
Azura Edo IPP GT - Azura Power 8/1/2013 Nigeria 2017
Lekki GT - Nigerian Ministry of Power 4/1/2012 Nigeria Unknown
Afam GT Phase II - State of Rivers 10/1/2011 Nigeria 2015
Eskom CCGT - Eskom 6/1/2011 South Africa 2022
Kinyerezi GT - Tanzania Electric Supply Co 6/1/2011 Tanzania 2015
Okpai II CCGT - Allied Energy and Nigeria Agip 8/1/2010 Nigeria 2016
Oghareki GT - State of Delta 1/1/2010 Nigeria 2015
Notore Industrial Complex GT - Notore Power 6/1/2009 Nigeria 2016
Ngaka IGCC - Tancoal Energy 3/1/2009 Tanzania 2017
Ghannouch CCGT - Societe Tunisienne de l'Electricite et du Gaz 7/1/2008 Tunisia
2015
Avon GT - GDF Suez 6/1/2008 South Africa 2016
Ankerlig combined cycle conversion - Eskom 9/1/2007 South Africa On hold
Coega CCGT - IPSA Group 5/1/2006 South Africa Cancelled
Ikot Abasi GT Barge - Ikot Abasi Power 4/1/2005 Nigeria Cancelled
Bonny Island CCGT - Mobil 3/1/2005 Nigeria Cancelled
Kwara GT - State of Kwara 11/1/2004 Nigeria 2016
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