Wood Group to Provide Integrated O&M Services in Mexico

Wood Group Engineering & Production Facilities SA de CV ("Wood Group E&PF SA"), a subsidiary of international energy services company John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group"), has signed a contract with Compania de Servicios de Compresion de Campeche ("CSCC"), a joint venture between Duke Energy International, LLC and Marubeni Corporation, to provide integrated operations and maintenance services to the AKAL GC compression platform owned by CSCC in the Bay of Campeche, Mexico. The platform separates the liquids and compresses 250MMscf/D of gas for Pemex Exploration and Production's North East Marine Region.

Wood Group E&PF SA will have total operational responsibility for the platform, including offshore operations and maintenance, and onshore technical support, logistics and supply chain activities. Wood Group E&PF SA will manage and execute the contract, which runs through October 2006, by using a combination of management and technical personnel from Mexico and other Latin American operations. Required overhauls of the PGT 25 turbine/compressor packages will be performed by TransCanada Turbines, a joint venture between Wood Group and TransCanada Pipelines.

"The AKAL GC platform is an important investment for CSCC, and our primary goal is to ensure the delivery of first-class service to Pemex Exploración y Producción," stated Shinji Ishida, general director of CSCC."

"We are delighted to have won this contract, which represents a significant step in the development of our O&M business in Mexico," said Derek Blackwood, president - Americas, for Wood Group Engineering and Production Facilities.

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Posted 25/08/05

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