The News Review:
- Russia’s Tatneft picks US engineering company Fluor to build oil…
- MINI Clubman to lift production at BMW Group Plant xford
- Three possible sites for desal future
- Grupo Mexico to build coal-fired plant.(Mexico)
- Czech Vietnamese premiers back CEZ power plant project
- Western GeoPower Corp.: Asgeir Margeirsson Appointed Director
- TVA readies petition for new type reactors.
Russia’s Tatneft picks US engineering company Fluor to build oil…
MarketWatch – Sep 12, 2007
RS) based in the constituent republic of Tatarstan has signed a preliminary agreement with U. engineering company Fluor Corp. (FLR) to build an oil refining and petrochemical complex in Nizhnekamsk the government of Tatarstan said on its Web site… Investment in construction of the complex will total 85 billion rubles ($3. Tatarstan Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov said construction of the plant must be completed in 2009. Fluor was one of 10 companies bidding to be the general contractor for the project. “This is a big company that has experience in building similar projects” Minnikhanov said. The new complex will incorporate a refinery with capacity of 7 million metric tons of crude oil a year a deep conversion refining plant with annual throughput of 3. 5 million tons and a petrochemical plant for production of products based on aromatic hydrocarbons.
MINI Clubman to lift production at BMW Group Plant xford
Easier – Easier (press release) – Sep 12, 2007
Following a £200 million investment by BMW Group between 2005 and 2007 in its MINI production triangle in the UK linking its vehicle assembly plant in xford its pressings plant in Swindon and its engine plant in Hams Hall near Birmingham production capacity is on target to exceed 200000 vehicles this year and reach 240000 vehicles in the medium term. The Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP was at BMW Group?s xford plant for the start of production of the new MINI Clubman along with guests from UK industry. As production levels have risen 200 new jobs have been created at xford and 250 at the Hams Hall engine plant in the past 12 months. liver Zipse managing director of BMW Group Plant xford said: ?The new MINI Clubman is another milestone in the MINI success story. ur 6800 highly committed associates in the MINI production triangle plants in the UK have so far produced more than one million MINIs since it was launched in 2001. With the launch of the MINI Clubman the third MINI derivative we are expecting new production and sales records for MINI which is great news for the UK automotive industry… I am sure the new Clubman will be a great hit. The continuing success of MINI and BMW just goes to show that the UK continues to be a world leader in automotive manufacturing. This is down to our highly-skilled highly flexible workforce and the excellence of our design engineering base. Annual production of engines at Hams Hall will rise to over 350000 engines this year largely as a result of the additional MINI engines being produced alongside the existing four-cylinder petrol engines supplied for BMW models. Sixty percent of MINI parts are now being sourced from UK-based suppliers compared to 40% in previous models. Launched by BMW Group in 2001 more than 1 million MINIs have so far been produced and sold with 75 per cent of production being exported to more than 70 markets worldwide. MINI dealers have invested close to £40 million in the last two years in expanding or moving premises enabling them to present the huge choice of models options and accessories to customers in the showroom.
Three possible sites for desal future
NEWS.com.au – Sep 12, 2007
article-tools –> MICHAEL WEN PLITICAL REPRTER September 12 2007 02:15am. content-row clearfloat –> THE State Government has identified three possible sites for a desalination plant to supply 25 per cent of Adelaide’s fresh water. As revealed in The Advertiser on Saturday a desalination plant will be built to help solve Adelaide’s water crisis. Premier Mike Rann yesterday told State Parliament a desalination plant for Adelaide and increasing the capacity of the Mt Bold Reservoir was "the Government’s preference for our long-term water security". Mr Rann said the cost of both projects which had been investigated by the Government’s Desalination Working Group during the past six months would be more than $2. Federal Government funding to help pay for the projects will be sought… ne of the biggest costs associated with the plant is expected to be a pipeline laid under the seabed into the Gulf St Vincent to carry the plant’s waste brine. "I am told such a pipeline could be many kilometres in length" Mr Rann said. "That engineering work alone would be an enormous and expensive undertaking. " New pipelines also will be needed between major northern and southern metropolitan water system facilities so fresh water from the plant can connect directly with mains water and also flow into filtered water storage and be fed from one system to another. Mr Rann warned the desalination plant will have "an ongoing impact on the cost of water" because the plant needs to operate around the clock. "Water pricing will need to reflect this significant investment in infrastructure" he said. The Mt Bold proposal is estimated to cost more than $850 million.
Grupo Mexico to build coal-fired plant.(Mexico)
Free with registration – Latin American Power Watch – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 12, 2007
(Mexico) –>CPYRIGHT 2007 Argus Media Inc. Grupo Mexico a global copper mining and railway conglomerate will build a 450MW coal-fired power plant at Topolobampo in Sonora state on Mexico’s northwest Pacific coast says the company’s vice-president of international relations Juan Rebolledo. The company is considering proposals from several engineering companies for construction of the plant. CPYRIGHT 2007 Argus Media Inc.
Czech Vietnamese premiers back CEZ power plant project
Turkish Press – Sep 12, 2007
“We both expressed our support for this project which will be very significant for cooperation between our two countries” Vietnamese premier Nguyen Tan Dung said at a news conference on the first day of his official visit. The power plant would supply around 20 percent of Vietnam’s electricity supply needs Dung added. His Czech counterpart Mirek Topolanek stressed that negotiations were still ongoing. According to Czech media reports CEZ-owned engineering company Skoda Praha is lined up to sign a 90 billion koruna (3. 3-billion-dollar) contract to build the power plant… The power plant would supply around 20 percent of Vietnam’s electricity supply needs Dung added. His Czech counterpart Mirek Topolanek stressed that negotiations were still ongoing. According to Czech media reports CEZ-owned engineering company Skoda Praha is lined up to sign a 90 billion koruna (3. 3-billion-dollar) contract to build the power plant. Separately Czech and Vietnamese officials signed an agreement that should smooth the way for each country to return illegal immigrants to the other. Around 40000 Vietnamese legally live and work in the Czech Republic on long-term or permanent residency permits but many also stay in the country illegally.
Western GeoPower Corp.: Asgeir Margeirsson Appointed Director
Maketwire РMaketwire (Communiqu̩s de presse) РSep 12, 2007
Prior to 2000 Mr Margeirsson worked as Technical Director of Iceland Drilling where he was responsible for corporate development and operation of drilling projects in Iceland. He also worked as Managing Director of Iceland Drilling UK where he was responsible for drilling projects in the United Kingdom Ireland and Azores (Portugal). Sc in Civil Engineering from the University of Iceland Reykjavik and a PhD in Construction Management from the University of Lund Sweden. Margeirsson serves as an executive Board member for several organizations involved in geothermal energy including; President of the Icelandic Geothermal Association; Chairman of Enex-China; Chairman of Exorka International; Vice-Chairman of Hitaveita Sudurnesja hf; Vice-Chairman of Shaanxi Green (China); and as a Board member of Iceland Drilling; Iceland America Energy (USA); and Enex. Geysir Green Energy was formed in early 2007 with a mission to become a leading investor in geothermal power projects… “We are very pleased to be able to draw upon the considerable geothermal expertise of Mr. Margeirsson and his colleagues” said Kenneth MacLeod President and CE of Western GeoPower. “His knowledge of power plant design construction and operations will be particularly relevant throughout the development phase of our Unit 1 power plant at The Geysers Geothermal Field in California. “ur team at Geysir Green Energy looks forward to working with Western GeoPower to optimize the potential of Western GeoPower’s current projects in the United States and Canada” said Mr. “We are also well-positioned to support Western GeoPower in acquiring and developing additional projects. The Company has granted Mr.
TVA readies petition for new type reactors.
Free with registration – Chattanooga Times/Free Press – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 12, 2007
– n the site of Alabama’s biggest unfinished construction site the Tennessee Valley Authority is developing plans for a new type of nuclear reactor it hopes will be cheaper and safer than those built in the 1970s. A consortium of utilities and engineering firms which includes TVA plans to submit an application in ctober to build two reactors on the Bellefonte nuclear plant site adjacent to where TVA abandoned two earlier-generation nuclear units. The plant which must still be approved by regulators and TVA directors would use a simpler modular-built design developed by Westinghouse Electric Co. “With a standard more modern design that is.