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Changes ahead for German water sector
August 1999
The new contract expands the total value of contracts secured in Thailand by Thames Water to US$177 million. The deal, which includes leakage reduction in the Pathum ThaniRangsit region of the city, will start in August 1999. To achieve leakage reduction targets, Thames Water will use sophisticated technology first developed in the UK to help tackle leakage in London and subsequently successfully applied in Malaysia and Indonesia by the company. The present high levels of water loss (up to 50 per cent in some areas) result in reduced pressure and supply failure. The water saved under this contract will ensure a 24-hour pressurised supply throughout the area.
LYONNAISE DES EAUX SECURES GERMAN CONTRACT Lyonnaise des Eaux, the water division of Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, has won a contract to supply water to approximately 50 municipalities in the eastern German Lander of Saxony with 50 000 inhabitants. The contract is to run for 25 years and represents an estimated DM10 million annual turnover. Eurawasser, Lyonnaise des Eaux's German subsidiary, will be operating the service through a joint company formed between Eurawasser and the local municipalities. The deal strengthens Eurawasser's position for forthcoming privatisation projects.
CHANGES AHEAD FOR G E R M A N WATER SECTOR A 49.9 per cent holding in
Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB), Europe's largest municipal water utility, has been sold to a consortium of R W E , Vivendi and Allianz,
Filtration Industry Analyst
The partial privatisation of BWB may signal much needed structural change in the German water industry. Dr Dietmar Kuhnt, CEO of RWE AG, said that winning the bid was "an important step for RWE within the context of implementing the new Group vision to become one of the leading European suppliers in the multi-utility/multi-energy sector".
FRENCH WIN CHILEAN WATER CONCESSION Lyonnaise des Eaux, the water division of Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, and its Spanish partner Agbar have been selected for the partial privatisation of Santiago's water company which supplies water services to the city's 5 million inhabitants. The Chilean concession is to run for an unlimited period. The consortium will acquire approximately 42 per cent of EMOS, the owner of Santiago water facilities for US$957 million. The objective is to manage the water supply for the 44 districts of Santiago and to develop wastewater services in the city.
BASF BUILDS WORLD'S LARGEST FORMALDEHYDE PLANT BASF AG is currently building the world's largest plant to produce formaldehyde at its headquarters site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. This new plant will have an annual capacity of 180 000 metric tons and is scheduled to start operations in the fourth quarter of 2000. BASF will spend about DM32 million to construct the plant and the necessary infrastructure. The
company currently operates several smaller plants at its Ludwigshafen site that annually produce a combined 444 000 metric tons of formaldehyde. Three of these plants will be closed once the new plant begins operations. At the end of 2000, BASF will have a total annual production capacity of about 470 000 metric tons of formaldehyde at the Ludwigshafen site. BASF operates another formaldehyde plant at its site in Antwerp, Belgium, with an annual capacity of 40 000 metric tons.
MISSISSIPPI CHEMICAL CUTS PRODUCTION Because of poor market conditions, Mississippi Chemical Corporation's Triad's No 2 ammonia plant in Donaldsonville, Louisiana will be indefinitely shut down. The No 2 plant has an annual production capacity of 621 000 short tons. Charles Dunn, president and CEO, said they would monitor market conditions to determine an appropriate schedule for resuming ammonia production at the plant.
AKZO NOBEL, COIN ESTABLISH JV Nobel's Polymer Chemicals business unit and Coin Chemical Industrial Co Ltd, of Taipei, Taiwan, intend to establish a worldwide joint venture for the production, marketing, and sale of dicumyl peroxides and cumene hydroperoxide. Akzo
The joint venture will have three manufacturing plants, located in Taiwan, China and Belgium. With a holding company based in Singapore, the joint venture will be operational shortly, under the name Coin Akzo Nobel Peroxides.
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S & W DEVELOPS COMBINEDCYCLE POWER PLANT Stone & Webster Inc has won a US$200 million contract from Cordova Energy Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, to design and build a 500 MW combined-cycle power plant in Cordova, Illinois. Under the contract, Stone & Webster will perform a full range of engineering, procurement and construction functions to develop the plant, which is expected to come online in June 2001. Cordova Energy representatives worked closely with Stone & Webster to cut capital costs. That included achieving the most effective use of turbines and other equipment, reducing the overall physical size of the plant and streamlining construction sequencing and delivery of major procurement items so that the work could be completed within schedule.
ALSTOM WINS ~ 1 BILLION MALAYSIAN CONTRACT Alstom has been awarded a turnkey contract worth more than ~1 billion for a 2100 M W coal fired power plant at Manjung in Perak State, Malaysia. TNB Janamanjung Sdn Bhd placed the order with a consortium formed by Alstom and Peremba Construction Sdn Bhd. The power station will comprise 3 x 700 MW units designed to ensure efficient and economic power production. Alstom, as consortium leader, will supply the main
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The new contract expands the total value of contracts secured in Thailand by Thames Water to US$177 million. The deal, which includes leakage reduction in the Pathum ThaniRangsit region of the city, will start in August 1999. To achieve leakage reduction targets, Thames Water will use sophisticated technology first developed in the UK to help tackle leakage in London and subsequently successfully applied in Malaysia and Indonesia by the company. The present high levels of water loss (up to 50 per cent in some areas) result in reduced pressure and supply failure. The water saved under this contract will ensure a 24-hour pressurised supply throughout the area.
LYONNAISE DES EAUX SECURES GERMAN CONTRACT Lyonnaise des Eaux, the water division of Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, has won a contract to supply water to approximately 50 municipalities in the eastern German Lander of Saxony with 50 000 inhabitants. The contract is to run for 25 years and represents an estimated DM10 million annual turnover. Eurawasser, Lyonnaise des Eaux's German subsidiary, will be operating the service through a joint company formed between Eurawasser and the local municipalities. The deal strengthens Eurawasser's position for forthcoming privatisation projects.
CHANGES AHEAD FOR G E R M A N WATER SECTOR A 49.9 per cent holding in
Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB), Europe's largest municipal water utility, has been sold to a consortium of R W E , Vivendi and Allianz,
Filtration Industry Analyst
The partial privatisation of BWB may signal much needed structural change in the German water industry. Dr Dietmar Kuhnt, CEO of RWE AG, said that winning the bid was "an important step for RWE within the context of implementing the new Group vision to become one of the leading European suppliers in the multi-utility/multi-energy sector".
FRENCH WIN CHILEAN WATER CONCESSION Lyonnaise des Eaux, the water division of Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, and its Spanish partner Agbar have been selected for the partial privatisation of Santiago's water company which supplies water services to the city's 5 million inhabitants. The Chilean concession is to run for an unlimited period. The consortium will acquire approximately 42 per cent of EMOS, the owner of Santiago water facilities for US$957 million. The objective is to manage the water supply for the 44 districts of Santiago and to develop wastewater services in the city.
BASF BUILDS WORLD'S LARGEST FORMALDEHYDE PLANT BASF AG is currently building the world's largest plant to produce formaldehyde at its headquarters site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. This new plant will have an annual capacity of 180 000 metric tons and is scheduled to start operations in the fourth quarter of 2000. BASF will spend about DM32 million to construct the plant and the necessary infrastructure. The
company currently operates several smaller plants at its Ludwigshafen site that annually produce a combined 444 000 metric tons of formaldehyde. Three of these plants will be closed once the new plant begins operations. At the end of 2000, BASF will have a total annual production capacity of about 470 000 metric tons of formaldehyde at the Ludwigshafen site. BASF operates another formaldehyde plant at its site in Antwerp, Belgium, with an annual capacity of 40 000 metric tons.
MISSISSIPPI CHEMICAL CUTS PRODUCTION Because of poor market conditions, Mississippi Chemical Corporation's Triad's No 2 ammonia plant in Donaldsonville, Louisiana will be indefinitely shut down. The No 2 plant has an annual production capacity of 621 000 short tons. Charles Dunn, president and CEO, said they would monitor market conditions to determine an appropriate schedule for resuming ammonia production at the plant.
AKZO NOBEL, COIN ESTABLISH JV Nobel's Polymer Chemicals business unit and Coin Chemical Industrial Co Ltd, of Taipei, Taiwan, intend to establish a worldwide joint venture for the production, marketing, and sale of dicumyl peroxides and cumene hydroperoxide. Akzo
The joint venture will have three manufacturing plants, located in Taiwan, China and Belgium. With a holding company based in Singapore, the joint venture will be operational shortly, under the name Coin Akzo Nobel Peroxides.
I'()X~=ER (;ENi';R Vi'I()N
S & W DEVELOPS COMBINEDCYCLE POWER PLANT Stone & Webster Inc has won a US$200 million contract from Cordova Energy Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, to design and build a 500 MW combined-cycle power plant in Cordova, Illinois. Under the contract, Stone & Webster will perform a full range of engineering, procurement and construction functions to develop the plant, which is expected to come online in June 2001. Cordova Energy representatives worked closely with Stone & Webster to cut capital costs. That included achieving the most effective use of turbines and other equipment, reducing the overall physical size of the plant and streamlining construction sequencing and delivery of major procurement items so that the work could be completed within schedule.
ALSTOM WINS ~ 1 BILLION MALAYSIAN CONTRACT Alstom has been awarded a turnkey contract worth more than ~1 billion for a 2100 M W coal fired power plant at Manjung in Perak State, Malaysia. TNB Janamanjung Sdn Bhd placed the order with a consortium formed by Alstom and Peremba Construction Sdn Bhd. The power station will comprise 3 x 700 MW units designed to ensure efficient and economic power production. Alstom, as consortium leader, will supply the main
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