:: New initiative will link Houston, Mexico/Latin America
Houston Technology Center (HTC) has launched its new HTC-Americas initiative to position Houston as the gateway to the US for Mexican and Latin American technology companies.

:: Bambra to go onstream
Apache Northwest Pty. Ltd. expects to produce gas from the Bambra East-3 long-reach development well in production license TL/1 offshore Western Australia early next month, the company says.

:: Balearics-Spain link approved
Enagas will build a new subsea gas pipeline in the Mediterranean Sea linking the Balearic Islands with mainland Spain, following authorization from the Spanish-Directorate for Energy Policy and Mines.

:: Hebron to move forward
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams held a press conference in St. John's to announce that the province has signed a memorandum of understanding with industry partners to develop the Hebron-Ben Nevis field.

:: Noble leads in hurricane preparedness
Noble Drilling's Mark Burns, vice president and division manager has announced the company's program for hurricane preparedness and its specific preparations for Hurricane Dean.

:: Statoil starts up Snøhvit LNG
The Statoil-operated LNG plant in Hammerfest, northern Norway has received first gas from the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea.

:: Dockwise to perform offshore module floatover, installation
Thai-Malay company Carigali-PTTEPI Operation Co. (CPOC) has awarded Dockwise Ltd. a contract for the floatover and installation of an offshore module.

:: Petrobras contracts BW Offshore for GoM FPSO
Petrobras America Inc. has selected BW Offshore Ltd. to convert, install, and operate an FPSO at Chinook Cascade in the US GoM.

:: Ithaca plans Beatrice tieback
Ithaca Energy expects to start production from its Jacky oil discovery in the UK North Sea in late 2008.

:: Island Offshore moves into subsea intervention
Island Offshore has contracted FMC Technologies Inc. to supply a riserless light well intervention system for use by BP in the North Sea.

:: GE to supply Dolphin pipeline integrity services
Dolphin Energy Ltd. of the UAE has contracted GE Oil & Gas PII Pipeline Solutions to provide integrity management services to Dolphin's sea and export pipelines in Qatar.

:: Hindustan Oil awards development to Horizon Offshore
Hindustan Oil Exploration Co. Ltd. has awarded Horizon Marine Construction (Mauritius) Ltd. a contract for supply, transportation, and installation of an offshore wellhead, platform, topsides, and subsea pipeline offshore India.

:: Operators bid $369 million at GoM lease sale
Operators bid $369,496,840 on 282 tracts at Western Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 204.

:: PPL to build fourth jackup for Offshore Group
PPL Shipyard has won a contract to build a $198-million deepwater jackup rig for Offshore Group Corp.

:: Modec expands Singapore office
Modec has expanded its office in Singapore. The new office is in the International Business Park, The Strategy Tower 1, in the Jurong East district of Singapore.

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