LSU becomes first university to host national petroleum engineering symposium

Nothing symbolizes the bayou more than a pot of boiling crawfish and an oil rig standing tall in the ocean.
Combine Cajun cuisine with a collection of North America’s greatest minds in petroleum engineering, and there is a remarkable result. University engineering students experience this combination every day, but now they have the chance to show the rest of the continent how Louisiana does petroleum engineering.
The University welcomed America’s aspiring petroleum engineers becoming the first University to host the annual Society of Petroleum Engineers North American Student Symposium on Feb. 21-24.
Four hundred students from 62 schools attended the event. The conference is organized by the Society of Petroleum Engineers students throughout North America. The conference provides students the opportunity to network with industry professionals, learn about the petroleum engineering workplace and interact with other students from across the continent.

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Comfort Systems USA Announces Acquisition

Business Wire | February 01, 2024

Comfort Systems USA, Inc. today announced that it has closed its previously announced transaction to acquire Summit Industrial Construction, LLC (“Summit”) headquartered in Houston, Texas. As previously disclosed, Summit is a specialty industrial mechanical contractor offering engineering, design-assist and turnkey, direct hire construction services of modular systems serving the advanced technology, power, and industrial sectors. Summit’s capabilities encompass a wide range of modular and site-based construction, including process piping, equipment setting, large pipe rack trestles, and related steel erection and specialty concrete work. Summit is a trusted supplier to some of the world’s largest advanced technology, power and industrial companies and is currently deployed on several major chip fabrication projects. Initially, Summit is expected to contribute annualized revenues of approximately $375 million to $400 million, and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization of $35 million to $40 million. In light of the amortization expense, Summit is expected to make a neutral to slightly accretive contribution to earnings per share in 2024 and 2025. Brian Lane, Comfort Systems USA’s Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are delighted to announce the closing of our agreement to acquire Summit, an extremely capable provider of modular and other complex mechanical services. Summit brings a stellar reputation as a modular technology leader in growing end markets, including multiple ongoing and large semiconductor projects. We are happy to welcome Summit’s wonderful leadership team and excellent production and craft workers across many states, and we are confident Summit will continue to innovate and grow as a part of our network of world-class contracting companies. We are grateful that Summit has chosen to become part of Comfort Systems USA.”

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