LOS ANGELES, California, USA (25 August 2014)—OriginOil Inc. was selected by Gulf Energy, an oil service company with major customers in Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia, as the technology provider for the company’s new oil services business in frac and produced water treatment and reuse. Gulf Energy will implement OriginOil’s CLEAN-FRAC system, equipped with the company’s core technology Electro Water Separation (EWS), throughout the Middle East & North Africa (MENA).

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, USA (25 August 2014) – Pumps & Systems MENA, the new magazine for pump users in the Middle East and North Africa, has announced that Amin Almasi has joined its Editorial Advisory Board.

DALLAS and RIVERBANK, Calif. (Aug. 25, 2014) – Schneider Electric announced the signing of a $3.9 million energy savings performance contract (ESPC) with the City of Riverbank, California. The city pursued the project after recognizing its existing facultative lagoon system may not comply with anticipated future treatment standards for the state of California.

EXTON, Pa. (Aug. 23, 2014) – For the second time since 2011, NETZSCH will be presented with a best practices award by Frost & Sullivan, the U.S.-based growth partnership company.

RYE BROOK, N.Y. (Aug. 22, 2014) – A contract worth $19.6 million has been awarded to Xylem Inc. to provide custom-made Flygt pumps for the Xayaburi run-of-river hydropower dam in the country of Laos in Southeast Asia.

FARNBOROUGH, UK (Aug. 22 2014) – QinetiQ Group plc completed the acquisition of Redfern Integrated Optics (RIO), based in San Francisco, California, following receipt of U.S. regulatory approvals.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Aug. 18, 2014) – Join Motion Industries for the Energy Efficiency Plant Productivity Symposium at which energy industry experts share the latest solutions for increasing energy efficiency while reducing operating costs and plant downtime.

The event, in Houston Sept. 17, will also feature dinner and a White Sox or Astros ballgame. For more information or to register, click here.