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)
* 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:
• Large and growing population
• Migration from rural to urban
• Construction of new residences
• Increasing wealth of the inhabitants
• Increasing awareness of health risks
• 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
A New Set of Regulations for existing Power Plants will be “Flexible”
138 MW Coal-fired Hoot Lake (MN) Power Plant to be Phased Out by 2020
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
Brigham City, Utah will build Gas-fired Power Plant
NTE Energy to Develop 480 MW Gas-fired Combined Cycle Facility in North
Carolina
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
“NOx Catalyst Performance on Mercury and SO3” is very Complex - Hot Topic Hour
Conclusion on February 27, 2014
Webinars to take Power Plant Knowledge to the Next Level
Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
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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.
DATE SUBJECT
March 20, 2014
China Air Pollution Control World’s Largest Market
March 27, 2014 Analysis Of Dry Scrubber Options Top notch third party expert
panelists and lots of background info
April 10, 2014 Mercury Chemicals In Fuel, Flue Gas and Scrubbing Liquor
Important alternative to sorbents
April 17, 2014 Measurement Of Gas Turbine Emissions Including NH3 Six different
options
May 1, 2014 850oF Particulate Removal With Ceramic Filter Media Could change the
whole back end
May 8, 2014 Sorbent Traps vs. Mercury CEMS Sorbent traps are competitive
May 15, 2014 Gas Intake Filters: HEPA or Medium Efficiency More information
May 29, 2014 Stellite Delamination in Power Plant Steam Valves More information
June 5, 2014 Dry vs. Wet Cooling Surprising number of ACC’S. Why?
June 12, 2014 HRSG Issues (Fast Start, Tube Failures) Lots of challenges to
cycle 200 X/yr
June 26, 2014 CCR $ billions Needed
July/August 2014
Boiler Feedwater Treatment
Condensate Polishing for Peaking Turbines
316 B Water Issues
Gas Turbine Permitting Issues
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