HOUSTON, Dec. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American Electric Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AETI) (“AETI” or the “Company”) has executed a definitive share exchange agreement with privately-held Stabilis Energy, LLC (“Stabilis”) and its subsidiaries to create one of the leading public small-scale liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) production and distribution companies in North America. The combined business will include Stabilis’ small-scale LNG production and distribution businesses as well as AETI’s existing international businesses (the “Combined Company”).