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With the price of petroleum going through the ceiling, burgeon- ing demand for deepwater oceano- graphic monitoring systems has given Woods Hole Group yet another opportunity to implement measurement solutions around the world. To meet market demand, they opened a new office in

Houston. Hamilton said, "Since we want to properly support our customers in the oil and gas busi- ness, we've opened an office in

Houston, the worldwide headquar- ters of the oil and gas industry.

Now we are able to provide a high level of service in our clients' back- yard. It is important to be respon- sive in this competitive market."

Woods Hole Group already oper- ates real-time monitoring systems on offshore exploration and pro- duction platforms world-wide, and deploys field engineers to install, and maintain the systems, and trou- bleshoot problems. Now, with an office in Houston, it is positioned to provide the region with quick response to emerging requirements in the Gulf of Mexico.

Twenty-five year veteran of the oil and gas industry, John Roscoe-

Hudson recently joined the firm and brings a unique insight about what he's noticed in Houston. "While Woods Hole Group has been working with the oil and gas industry's engineering departments for years, it amazed me how little these and other potential customers knew about the rest of the work the company does. We have lot of

NOAA Ports Technicians at work installing a buoy-mounted current monitoring system in Chesapeake Bay.

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