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BASF to build DHDPS plant in Ludwigshafen
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The contract includes engineering and construction of the reactor components – vessel, vessel head, steam generators, pumps, pressurizer and control rod drive mechanisms – most of which will be manufactured in AREVA plants in Chalon St Marcel and Jeumont.
MARKET PROSPECTS
SKANSKA TO BUILD THERMO POWER PLANT IN BRAZIL Skanska has been awarded a US$136 million contract to build a thermoelectric power plant in Cubatão, 60 km from São Paulo in Brazil. The customer is Petrobras, the Brazilian oil company that is one of Skanska’s repeat customers in the energy sector in Latin America. The contract covers the construction of a co-generation power plant of 220 MW and comprises detailed engineering, procurement, construction and assembly, commissioning and start up assistance of the plant. The project will start immediately and be mechanically completed in 30 months to start operation around mid 2009. The partner in the Skanska-led consortium will be the Brazilian construction company Camargo Corrêa.
WATER & WASTEWATER VEOLIA WATER WINS 21ST CONTRACT IN CHINA Veolia Water has won a 30 year concession with China’s Lanzhou Water Supply Co in Gansu Province, on the banks of the Yellow River. The contract was awarded by local authorities through an international tender for
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February 2007
the acquisition of 45% of the municipal water company. Veolia Water will manage four water treatment plants, 11 elevation plants, and associated client services. Operations will start in the middle of 2007. This represents Veolia Water’s 21st contract in China. The company now operates in 19 of China's 34 provinces, serving the water needs of more than 20 million people.
ADB FUNDS JAKARTA WATER QUALITY STUDY In response to Jakarta’s serious water problems, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is funding a study on water quality in the West Tarum canal, which provides 80% of Indonesia’s capital city’s freshwater supply. The 12-month study will be carried out jointly by Perum Jasa Tirta 2, the government’s bulk water service provider of the Citarum river basin, and the Korean water resources company K-Water, which will cosponsor the study. The study will monitor water pollution in 20 or more locations, and recommend measures to improve water quality. The work forms part of ADB’s assistance to the government for the preparation of a 15-year investment program to introduce integrated water resources management in the Citarum river basin. The Integrated Citarum Water Resources Management Program is expected to start in late 2007. ADB’s Water Financing Program 2006–2010 combines expanded investments in water infrastructure with a strong emphasis on good governance to manage water as a resource and as a service, with people in the center, leadership at the national level, and a focus on better decision-making and implementation. The Water Financing Program focuses
on the delivery of substantial investment, reform, and capacity development in three key areas – rural water services, urban water services, and river basin water management.
SUEZ ENVIRO BUYS US WATER DISTRIBUTION UTILITY United Water, a US Suez Environment water and wastewater subsidiary, has just finalised the acquisition of the Aquarion Water Co of New York for US$28 million. Serving more than 677 000 people in 53 cities in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Aquarion is one of the ten largest water distribution utilities in the US. The acquisition will strengthen the position of United Water in the New York area, where the company already provides water services to more than 150 000 inhabitants and create largescale synergies.
CHEMICALS THAI PDH FACILITY PROJECT GOES TO SHAW A consortium of Shaw Stone & Webster and Taiwan’s CTCI Corp is to provide engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning services to HMC Polymers Co Ltd for a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant in Map Ta Phut, Rayong, Thailand. The project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2009 with planned production of 300 000 metric tons per year of propylene. Using an integrated global approach, Shaw will manage
the main process unit engineering work from its Houston, Texas office with offices in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Mumbai, India, providing support. Shaw is participating in this project as part of a consortium with CTCI Corp who will perform the balance of plant engineering as well as the procurement and construction of the whole facility.
BASF TO BUILD DHDPS PLANT IN LUDWIGSHAFEN BASF has started construction on a new plant for the production of the base material dihydroxy diphenyl sulfone (DHDPS) in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The plant will have an annual production capacity of 6000 metric tons and is expected to go on line in mid2008.
PULP & PAPER METSO TO DELIVER PULPING LINE TO HOLMEN IN SWEDEN Metso Paper will supply a new, energy-efficient thermo-mechanical pulping line to Holmen Paper’s Braviken mill in Sweden, in a 10 million order. The new line will be commissioned in the spring of 2008. The investment will lead to improved quality, lower energy consumption, increased heat recovery and greater pulp production. The delivery involves refining and process equipment, and pulp washing with a press. The new line, which will have a capacity of 780 tonnes/day, will replace a line from 1977. The Braviken mill produces newsprint and telephone directory paper.
The contract includes engineering and construction of the reactor components – vessel, vessel head, steam generators, pumps, pressurizer and control rod drive mechanisms – most of which will be manufactured in AREVA plants in Chalon St Marcel and Jeumont.
MARKET PROSPECTS
SKANSKA TO BUILD THERMO POWER PLANT IN BRAZIL Skanska has been awarded a US$136 million contract to build a thermoelectric power plant in Cubatão, 60 km from São Paulo in Brazil. The customer is Petrobras, the Brazilian oil company that is one of Skanska’s repeat customers in the energy sector in Latin America. The contract covers the construction of a co-generation power plant of 220 MW and comprises detailed engineering, procurement, construction and assembly, commissioning and start up assistance of the plant. The project will start immediately and be mechanically completed in 30 months to start operation around mid 2009. The partner in the Skanska-led consortium will be the Brazilian construction company Camargo Corrêa.
WATER & WASTEWATER VEOLIA WATER WINS 21ST CONTRACT IN CHINA Veolia Water has won a 30 year concession with China’s Lanzhou Water Supply Co in Gansu Province, on the banks of the Yellow River. The contract was awarded by local authorities through an international tender for
4
February 2007
the acquisition of 45% of the municipal water company. Veolia Water will manage four water treatment plants, 11 elevation plants, and associated client services. Operations will start in the middle of 2007. This represents Veolia Water’s 21st contract in China. The company now operates in 19 of China's 34 provinces, serving the water needs of more than 20 million people.
ADB FUNDS JAKARTA WATER QUALITY STUDY In response to Jakarta’s serious water problems, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is funding a study on water quality in the West Tarum canal, which provides 80% of Indonesia’s capital city’s freshwater supply. The 12-month study will be carried out jointly by Perum Jasa Tirta 2, the government’s bulk water service provider of the Citarum river basin, and the Korean water resources company K-Water, which will cosponsor the study. The study will monitor water pollution in 20 or more locations, and recommend measures to improve water quality. The work forms part of ADB’s assistance to the government for the preparation of a 15-year investment program to introduce integrated water resources management in the Citarum river basin. The Integrated Citarum Water Resources Management Program is expected to start in late 2007. ADB’s Water Financing Program 2006–2010 combines expanded investments in water infrastructure with a strong emphasis on good governance to manage water as a resource and as a service, with people in the center, leadership at the national level, and a focus on better decision-making and implementation. The Water Financing Program focuses
on the delivery of substantial investment, reform, and capacity development in three key areas – rural water services, urban water services, and river basin water management.
SUEZ ENVIRO BUYS US WATER DISTRIBUTION UTILITY United Water, a US Suez Environment water and wastewater subsidiary, has just finalised the acquisition of the Aquarion Water Co of New York for US$28 million. Serving more than 677 000 people in 53 cities in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Aquarion is one of the ten largest water distribution utilities in the US. The acquisition will strengthen the position of United Water in the New York area, where the company already provides water services to more than 150 000 inhabitants and create largescale synergies.
CHEMICALS THAI PDH FACILITY PROJECT GOES TO SHAW A consortium of Shaw Stone & Webster and Taiwan’s CTCI Corp is to provide engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning services to HMC Polymers Co Ltd for a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant in Map Ta Phut, Rayong, Thailand. The project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2009 with planned production of 300 000 metric tons per year of propylene. Using an integrated global approach, Shaw will manage
the main process unit engineering work from its Houston, Texas office with offices in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Mumbai, India, providing support. Shaw is participating in this project as part of a consortium with CTCI Corp who will perform the balance of plant engineering as well as the procurement and construction of the whole facility.
BASF TO BUILD DHDPS PLANT IN LUDWIGSHAFEN BASF has started construction on a new plant for the production of the base material dihydroxy diphenyl sulfone (DHDPS) in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The plant will have an annual production capacity of 6000 metric tons and is expected to go on line in mid2008.
PULP & PAPER METSO TO DELIVER PULPING LINE TO HOLMEN IN SWEDEN Metso Paper will supply a new, energy-efficient thermo-mechanical pulping line to Holmen Paper’s Braviken mill in Sweden, in a 10 million order. The new line will be commissioned in the spring of 2008. The investment will lead to improved quality, lower energy consumption, increased heat recovery and greater pulp production. The delivery involves refining and process equipment, and pulp washing with a press. The new line, which will have a capacity of 780 tonnes/day, will replace a line from 1977. The Braviken mill produces newsprint and telephone directory paper.