GE Oil & Gas has announced that it has completed the installation of two of the final four compression stations being built as part of an expansion to the West-to-East gas pipeline.

The first of the stations came online on October 11th, more than two months ahead of schedule, with the entire project being completed 46 per cent faster than any previous comparable operation.

GE Oil & Gas will supply a host of equipment over the lifetime of the expansion project, in addition to providing practical training and development schemes to enable the workforce to operate the expanded facilities at maximum efficiency.

"PetroChina selected GE Oil & Gas for the expansion project after an intense review of various bidders' capabilities to successfully meet the project's extremely tight schedule," said Joe Mastrangelo, general manager for equipment at GE.

He added that he was very pleased to demonstrate that PetroChina's faith was well-placed.

In other recent announcements, GE has announced that it brought in a record revenue of $8 billion (£5.28 billion) from businesses in the Middle East and Africa for the full year 2007.

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