CNOOC China says fossil fuels are crucial for the near future
CNOOC Ltd, a Chinese offshore oil and natural gas company, believes that fossil fuels will continue to be a stabilising force in the global energy market for a long time. The company has set a record production target for 2024. CNOOC, after reporting a record-breaking interim profit, said that the state-run firm aimed to pump 700 to 720 millions barrels of oil by 2024 or 3% to 6 percent more than last year. CNOOC's Chief Executive Zhou Xinhuai said that the company expects its domestic gas production to grow strongly through 2030. It is also ready to monetize Guyana's vast gas reserves.
Tech File: SHI Develops onboard Carbon Capture System
SHI reports that it has successfully developed an 'Onboard Carbon Capture' system which can be applicable to LNG fueled vessels with PANASIA, an eco-friendly and energy system expert, and received Approval in Principle from KR, Korean classification society, for the first time in Korea.This approved green technology separates and collects carbon dioxide among exhaust gas of LNG, which is burned in a ship engine or generator, using an Amine based liquid absorbent. SHI and PANASIA have jointly developed the technology since 2020…
Siemens Equipment for Pertamina's Balikpapan Refinery
Siemens Gas and Power will supply a range of compression and power generation equipment for the Petramina's Balikpapan Refinery located on Borneo Island in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.The equipment will be installed as part of Pertamina’s Refinery Development Master Plan (RDMP). The RDMP involves the construction of a residual fluid catalytic cracker (RFCC) unit with a design capacity of 90,000 barrels per stream per day (bpsd); a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sulfur removal unit; a propylene recovery unit; and an 80…
Texas $1 bln Carbon Project to Curb Emissions, up Oil Recovery
NRG Energy Inc and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp said on Tuesday they had begun operations at a $1.04 billion carbon capture facility at a Texas coal-fired power plant and were using the emissions to extract crude from a nearby oilfield. The facility, the largest of its kind in the world, is the latest in efforts by the power industry to curb carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions as pressure mounts from regulators, investors and consumers to stem climate change. The carbon capture facility could become a model for CO2 collection at existing power plants in China and India, analysts said.
Bosnia's Power Plant to Start $87.6 mln Cleanup
Bosnia's 300 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant Ugljevik said on Tuesday it had signed a 79 million euro ($87.6 million) deal with a consortium led by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems to help it reduce gas emissions and meet EU norms. The flue gas desulphurisation project will reduce the emission of SO2 from its current level of around 16,000 milligramme per cubic metre (mg/m3) or 60 times more than the indicative amount in the European Union (EU) regulations, to 250 mg/m3, the project manager Zlatko Malovic told Reuters.
MHI Bags Okochi Memorial Technology Prize
A technology developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from flue gases (so called "KM CDR Process") has received the Okochi Memorial Technology Prize at the 62nd annual Okochi Memorial Awards from the Okochi Memorial Foundation. The process's groundbreaking technology was recognized for its superior reliability and economy, its excellent track record in commercial applications, as well as its contributions to carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies that help mitigate global warming, and to CO2 injection for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) application.
Keppel hands over Runcorn Energy-from-Waste Facility Phase 2
Keppel Seghers Belgium N.V. and Keppel Seghers UK Limited (collectively, Keppel Seghers) have handed over Phase 2 of the Runcorn Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facility, in the UK, to the client. Runcorn EfW comprises two phases of equal capacity. Phase 1 is owned by INEOS Runcorn (TPS) Limited (TPSCo), a joint venture between INEOS, Viridor and John Laing. Phase 2 is owned by Viridor EfW (Runcorn) Limited, a special purpose vehicle owned by Viridor Waste Management Limited. Keppel Seghers handed over Phase 2 to the client on 24 April 2015 after successfully completing a 30-day reliability test.
MHIEC to Refurbish Solid Waste Incinerator in Hiroshima
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. (MHIEC), a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has received an order from Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, to refurbish the core equipment of its municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration plant. The modification work calls for revamping of two stoker*1 type incinerators with capacity of 120 tons per day (tpd), with the dual aims of extending the plant's operational life and boosting its energy-saving capability. The refurbishing work is slated for completion in March 2017.
ABB Wins S. African Power Plant Order
ABB has won an order worth over $160 million from Eskom, South Africa's national electricity provider, to supply control systems,software and instrumentation for the 4,800 megawatt (MW) Kusile coal-fired power station under construction near Witbank in the country’s north east. Kusile will be the fourth largest coal-fired power station in the world and will help boost South Africa’s capacity. It’s among a new generation of high-pressure, high-temperature power installations, also known as supercritical, whose efficiency surpasses that of conventional coal-fired power plants, producing lower emissions and reducing fuel costs.
Runcorn EfW Phase 1 Commissioned
Runcorn Energy-from-Waste Facility Phase 1 commences commercial operations. As one of the largest waste and renewable energy projects in Europe, this first phase of the facility will divert up to 425,000 tonnes of refuse-derived fuel from landfills annually. The Runcorn Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facility's first phase, built by Keppel Seghers Belgium N.V. and Keppel Seghers UK Limited (collectively, Keppel Seghers), in the UK, has begun commercial operations. The Runcorn EfW facility comprises two phases of equal capacity. Phase 1 is owned by INEOS Runcorn (TPS) Limited (TPSCo). TPSCo is a joint venture between INEOS, Viridor and John Laing.
Foster Wheeler For Air Quality Control System Upgrade In West Virginia
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group’s Environmental and Industrial division has been awarded a contract by Longview Power, LLC to rehabilitate and optimize the wet flue gas desulfurization system at their existing 700 MWe (net megawatt electric) Longview Power facility in Maidsville, West Virginia, USA. Foster Wheeler has received a full notice to proceed on this contract. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed, and the contract value will be included in the company’s third-quarter 2014 bookings.
MHPS's DeNOx System For Power Plant in Poland
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) has received an order from ENEA Wytwarzanie S.A., a power producer in Poland, for two sets of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) type deNOx system for installation at Units 1 and 2 of the company's Power Station in Kozienice. These high-performance systems reduce emissions of NOx (nitrogen oxides), a cause of air pollution, by more than 80 percent. They are scheduled to go into operation at Unit 1 in late 2015 and at Unit 2 in May 2016. The Power Station in Kozienice, located some 85 kilometers south-southeast of Warsaw, is one of Poland's largest coal-fired power plants.
MHI Wins Big CO2 Capture System Order
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order for a world's largest post combustion CO2 capture system for the enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project in Texas, the U.S.A., which is primarily promoted by NRG Energy, Inc., an independent power producer (IPP) of the U.S., and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (JX Nippon), a JX Group company of Japan. The system will capture CO2 from flue gas from an existing coal-fired power generation plant and will have a CO2 capture capacity of 4,776 metric tons per day (mtpd). The system is slated for completion in the fourth quarter of 2016.
Foster Wheeler Wins Contract For Retrofit-SCR System
Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract by Turun Seudun Energiantuotanto Oy (TSE) for the design, supply and erection of a retrofit-selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system for TSE’s Naantali unit 3 in Finland. Foster Wheeler has received a full notice to proceed on this contract. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed, and the contract value will be included in the company’s bookings for the second-quarter of 2014. Commercial operation of the SCR system is scheduled for October 2015.
Foster Wheeler Closes Acquisition Of Siemens Environmental Systems And Services
Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq:FWLT) announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has finalized the acquisition of the Siemens Environmental Systems and Services business that supplies and services clean air technologies for use in power plants and industrial facilities. The transaction was closed April 30, 2014. The Siemens Environmental Systems and Services purchase includes assets of the former Wheelabrator Air Pollution Control Company located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the Advanced Burner Technology Company located in Branchburg, New Jersey.
China Offshore Inert Gas Orders for Norway's WTS
Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions (WTS) say they have secured multiple orders to supply Maritime Protection Inert Gas Generator (IGG) systems for installation on vessels under construction for operations offshore China. The Maritime Protection systems will be installed on three FPSOs for oil major China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). Two identical systems, comprising a deck house module with electric power, fuel and sea water supply/discharge, will be supplied for two FPSOs which will operate in the Bohai oil field in northern China.
