NORTH AURORA, Ill. (Jan. 5, 2015) – For the first time, engineering firms, end users, contractors and purchasers have a single point-of-contact to readily source all of their industrial and marine fire protection systems and equipment. Andrew M. Crawford, known as an expert in industrial pumping systems and equipment, is leading this initiative for Pentair.

PITTSBURGH (Jan. 5, 2015) – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based L.B. Foster Company has announced an agreement to acquire Chemtec Energy Services, LLC of Willis, Texas, a major supplier of blending, injection and custody transfer metering skids for critical uses in the oil and gas industry.

The acquisition expands L.B. Foster's ability to provide engineered solutions for the midstream market where a substantial amount of pipeline infrastructure is still needed.

BRISBANE, Australia (Dec. 31, 2014) – GE Oil & Gas has contributed to the global liquefied natural gas industry with its systems used in the first ever large-scale production of liquified natural gas (LNG) from coal seam gas (CSG) at BG Group’s Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) plant on Curtis Island.

GE technology of gas turbines, centrifugal compressors and generators are integral parts of the QCLNG facility that has begun producing LNG for its first export shipment.