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of nearly 600 000 tonnes per year of crude stainless steel will rise to 900 000 tons by 2005, which will make it one of the five largest stainless steel producers in the world. The BOC–TISCO joint venture was formed in 1996 with an initial capital investment of US$30 million. The joint venture entered into a 15year agreement to supply industrial gases to TISCO. BOC has been investing in China since the mid-1980s and is continuing the strategy that has established it as the leading industrial gases company in the country. In a second project, BOC has reached an agreement with Guangzhou Iron & Steel (GIS) for their joint venture company Pearl River Gases (PRG) to build a further two ASUs, adding around 400 tonnes of production to its current operations. Costing a total of US$19 million, this new investment will come on stream by the end of 2004, supporting GIS’s expansion of its steel manufacturing operations in southern China. GIS is a major steel producer in China with an annual steel production capacity of 3.5 million tonnes. PRG was formed in the early 1990s and has three joint venture companies under its management. These three companies together supply oxygen via pipeline to two steel sites, and bulk and compressed gases to the merchant market within the Pearl River Delta. And in another project, BOC’s wholly owned subsidiaries in Suzhou have begun construction of new on-site supply scheme pipelines to meet increasing demand for industrial gases from key customers in Suzhou Industrial Park and Suzhou New District. Coming on stream at the end of 2003, the US$10 million investments further strengthen BOC’s position in the Shanghai/Nanjing area.
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POWER GENERATION BLCP POWER ORDERS COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been awarded a contract for the construction of a 1434 MW coal-fired power plant by BLCP Power Ltd of Thailand. The plant will consist of two subcritical pressure boilers and two 717 MW steam turbines, all to be manufactured by MHI. The plant will be constructed in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Rayong Province, approximately 200 km south of Bangkok. The No 1 unit is planned to start operation in October 2006, and the No 2 unit in February 2007. BLCP Power is an independent power producer jointly owned by Banpu Power Ltd and CLP Power Asia Ltd. Banpu Power is a wholly owned subsidiary of Banpu Public Co Ltd, Thailand’s largest coal supplier. CLP Power Asia is a wholly owned subsidiary of CLP Holdings Ltd, one of the largest investorowned power businesses in Asia.
DEMAG DELAVAL WINS 230M IN ORDERS Demag Delaval Industrial Turbomachinery AB has secured power plant orders worth approximately 230 million from Sweden, Greece, Russia and India. The company will build a turnkey combined heat and power (CHP) plant for Gothenburg Energy, Sweden, and has secured orders for four industrial turbines from customers in Greece, Russia and India.
The CHP plant will provide electricity and district heat for the city of Gothenburg. It comprises three 43 MW gas turbines and a 141 MW steam turbine. It will have an overall efficiency of 92.5%, and is scheduled to be operational in late 2006. Demag Delaval will also supply two gas turbines each rated at 29 MW for a new CHP plant to provide power generation for the town of Sochi in Russia. Contractor is JSC City Energo, Moscow, and the end customer is RAO UESR (Unified Energy System of Russia). The plant is scheduled to come on line in the fall of 2004. The Siemens subsidiary will also supply a 100 MW industrial steam turbine including the instrumentation and control system and spare parts to Jindal Power Private Ltd (JPPL) in the Belleray District of India. In addition, it has secured an order to supply an 17 MW gas turbine to a refinery in Corinth, Greece. Technip placed the order on behalf of the end-user, Motor Oil Hellas.
WORLD’S FIRST ORDER FOR REPLACEMENT PRESSURIZER Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has received an order from Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) for a pressurizer and reactor vessel head to refurbish a nuclear power station. Pressurizer replacement is unprecedented, and the project is a global first. The pressurizer is an integral component of the equipment that forms the primary system in pressurized water reactors. It controls pressure in the reactor to prevent coolant water from boiling. The equipment will be installed at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Station located
30 km north of Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Equipment delivery is scheduled for 2006. Installation work is not included in the contract. The pressurizer to be manufactured will measure 8.5 m in height and 2.5 m in exterior diameter and will weigh roughly 60 tonnes. The reactor vessel head will be 2.5 m high, 4.3 m in exterior diameter, and weigh 40 tonnes. Both will be made of low alloy steel. The Fort Calhoun facility has a single reactor with an electrical output of 492 MW. Replacement of its major equipment is being carried out in preparation to extend the plant’s operating life by an additional 20 years beyond the currently scheduled close in 2013.
SHAW SELECTED FOR NUCLEAR MAINTENANCE SERVICES Stone & Webster Construction, a subsidiary of the Shaw Group, has been selected to provide maintenance and modification services for four stations in the Nuclear Northeast fleet of US-based Entergy Nuclear Operations Inc. The company expects to finalize contractual arrangements by 31 December 2003. The award represents an expansion of similar work currently being performed by Stone & Webster at five units in Entergy’s South Nuclear fleet. Stone & Webster has provided maintenance and modification services for the South Nuclear fleet since 1996, and was awarded a renewed sixyear contract for a continuation of these services in April 2003. With the addition of Entergy’s Northeast fleet, the Shaw Group is now providing maintenance and modification services to 32 of the 103 operating nuclear plants in the USA.
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of nearly 600 000 tonnes per year of crude stainless steel will rise to 900 000 tons by 2005, which will make it one of the five largest stainless steel producers in the world. The BOC–TISCO joint venture was formed in 1996 with an initial capital investment of US$30 million. The joint venture entered into a 15year agreement to supply industrial gases to TISCO. BOC has been investing in China since the mid-1980s and is continuing the strategy that has established it as the leading industrial gases company in the country. In a second project, BOC has reached an agreement with Guangzhou Iron & Steel (GIS) for their joint venture company Pearl River Gases (PRG) to build a further two ASUs, adding around 400 tonnes of production to its current operations. Costing a total of US$19 million, this new investment will come on stream by the end of 2004, supporting GIS’s expansion of its steel manufacturing operations in southern China. GIS is a major steel producer in China with an annual steel production capacity of 3.5 million tonnes. PRG was formed in the early 1990s and has three joint venture companies under its management. These three companies together supply oxygen via pipeline to two steel sites, and bulk and compressed gases to the merchant market within the Pearl River Delta. And in another project, BOC’s wholly owned subsidiaries in Suzhou have begun construction of new on-site supply scheme pipelines to meet increasing demand for industrial gases from key customers in Suzhou Industrial Park and Suzhou New District. Coming on stream at the end of 2003, the US$10 million investments further strengthen BOC’s position in the Shanghai/Nanjing area.
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November 2003
POWER GENERATION BLCP POWER ORDERS COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been awarded a contract for the construction of a 1434 MW coal-fired power plant by BLCP Power Ltd of Thailand. The plant will consist of two subcritical pressure boilers and two 717 MW steam turbines, all to be manufactured by MHI. The plant will be constructed in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Rayong Province, approximately 200 km south of Bangkok. The No 1 unit is planned to start operation in October 2006, and the No 2 unit in February 2007. BLCP Power is an independent power producer jointly owned by Banpu Power Ltd and CLP Power Asia Ltd. Banpu Power is a wholly owned subsidiary of Banpu Public Co Ltd, Thailand’s largest coal supplier. CLP Power Asia is a wholly owned subsidiary of CLP Holdings Ltd, one of the largest investorowned power businesses in Asia.
DEMAG DELAVAL WINS 230M IN ORDERS Demag Delaval Industrial Turbomachinery AB has secured power plant orders worth approximately 230 million from Sweden, Greece, Russia and India. The company will build a turnkey combined heat and power (CHP) plant for Gothenburg Energy, Sweden, and has secured orders for four industrial turbines from customers in Greece, Russia and India.
The CHP plant will provide electricity and district heat for the city of Gothenburg. It comprises three 43 MW gas turbines and a 141 MW steam turbine. It will have an overall efficiency of 92.5%, and is scheduled to be operational in late 2006. Demag Delaval will also supply two gas turbines each rated at 29 MW for a new CHP plant to provide power generation for the town of Sochi in Russia. Contractor is JSC City Energo, Moscow, and the end customer is RAO UESR (Unified Energy System of Russia). The plant is scheduled to come on line in the fall of 2004. The Siemens subsidiary will also supply a 100 MW industrial steam turbine including the instrumentation and control system and spare parts to Jindal Power Private Ltd (JPPL) in the Belleray District of India. In addition, it has secured an order to supply an 17 MW gas turbine to a refinery in Corinth, Greece. Technip placed the order on behalf of the end-user, Motor Oil Hellas.
WORLD’S FIRST ORDER FOR REPLACEMENT PRESSURIZER Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has received an order from Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) for a pressurizer and reactor vessel head to refurbish a nuclear power station. Pressurizer replacement is unprecedented, and the project is a global first. The pressurizer is an integral component of the equipment that forms the primary system in pressurized water reactors. It controls pressure in the reactor to prevent coolant water from boiling. The equipment will be installed at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Station located
30 km north of Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Equipment delivery is scheduled for 2006. Installation work is not included in the contract. The pressurizer to be manufactured will measure 8.5 m in height and 2.5 m in exterior diameter and will weigh roughly 60 tonnes. The reactor vessel head will be 2.5 m high, 4.3 m in exterior diameter, and weigh 40 tonnes. Both will be made of low alloy steel. The Fort Calhoun facility has a single reactor with an electrical output of 492 MW. Replacement of its major equipment is being carried out in preparation to extend the plant’s operating life by an additional 20 years beyond the currently scheduled close in 2013.
SHAW SELECTED FOR NUCLEAR MAINTENANCE SERVICES Stone & Webster Construction, a subsidiary of the Shaw Group, has been selected to provide maintenance and modification services for four stations in the Nuclear Northeast fleet of US-based Entergy Nuclear Operations Inc. The company expects to finalize contractual arrangements by 31 December 2003. The award represents an expansion of similar work currently being performed by Stone & Webster at five units in Entergy’s South Nuclear fleet. Stone & Webster has provided maintenance and modification services for the South Nuclear fleet since 1996, and was awarded a renewed sixyear contract for a continuation of these services in April 2003. With the addition of Entergy’s Northeast fleet, the Shaw Group is now providing maintenance and modification services to 32 of the 103 operating nuclear plants in the USA.