IQUIQUE, Chile (Nov. 10, 2014) – The Chilean pump manufacturer Neptuno Pumps has won the 2014 Avonni, Chile’s national innovation award in its most competitive category, mining and metallurgy. It won with its “Energy efficiency improvement and CO2 emission reduction of a pumping system for a mining company in Chile.”

SENECA FALLS, N.Y. (Nov. 10, 2014) – ITT Corporation’s Goulds Pumps is launching the fourth annual World of Pumps Quiz, an online pump knowledge game that has attracted industry contestants from more than 150 countries. The latest version of the quiz began the second week of November, and will run until midnight on March 29, 2015, offering new sets of basic and expert-level questions on a biweekly basis.

ABU DHABI (9 November, 2014)—Honeywell launched its latest solutions for the oil & gas industry at ADIPEC 2014. The company demonstrated its ongoing commitment to the energy industry with a range of technologies that provide solutions for the region’s diverse oil and gas landscape.

HOUSTON (Nov. 6, 2014) – Occidental Petroleum Corporation has announced the entrance into an agreement with Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (PAA) and Plains GP Holdings, L.P. (PAGP) to sell its 50 percent interest in BridgeTex Pipeline Company, LLC (BridgeTex) to PAA for $1.075 billion.

HOUSTON (Nov. 6, 2014) – Stress Engineering Services, Inc., a global engineering services and solutions firm, has acquired Efird Corrosion International, Inc., a technical service and research company specializing in corrosion testing and analysis.

TOKYO (6 November 2014)—Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Plant Qatar L.L.C., a joint venture company established by Hitachi and a local firm in Qatar, and Qatar University, a national university of Qatar, announced that a signing ceremony was held to enter into a comprehensive industry-university collaboration agreement concerning environmental and energy efficiency technologies in the infrastructure systems field.