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Wood Group GTS and Apex Bethel Energy Center (Apex) have signed a three-year, $12m operations and maintenance (O&M) agreement for the Bethel Energy Center.

Wood Group GTS has signed a contract with Sowega Power to replace two obsolete and proprietary Woodward Netcon 5000 turbine control systems at the SOWEGA power station in Baconton, Georgia, US.

Wood Group GTS has completed two steam turbine inspections and received awards for three additional steam turbine outages from five US power plants.

Wood Group GTS has finished $3m of multi-system icon control system upgrades on Pratt & Whitney FT4, GE LM2500 and Solar Centaur gas turbines.

Wood Group GTS has been awarded a $1.4m contract to replace four obsolete and proprietary GE Millennium turbine control panels at the Sand Hill Energy Center in Austin, Texas, US.

Wood Group GTS has completed the major maintenance service and gas turbine optimisation of Jamaican Public Service Company’s (JPS) Bogue Power Plant, located in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Wood Group GTS has appointed Mike Fisher to the new position of president of its US oil, gas & industrial services (OGIS) business. The Houston-based business provides maintenance, repair and overhaul for Solar® Mars®, Saturn® 10, Centaur® 40, Centaur 50 and Taurus™ 60 gas turbines, which are used primarily by the oil and gas industry.

Wood Group GTS has been awarded a $5.5m contract by one of the largest south-east US power providers. The award consists of multiple ECOMAX® combustion tuning systems and combustion dynamics monitoring systems (CDMS) for a 7FA fleet of gas turbines.

Wood Group GTS has been awarded a six-year contract by Evonik Industries AG to provide maintenance services for a GE Frame 3 gas turbine, steam turbine and steam turbine generator at the company's chemical facility in Rheinfelden, Germany.

Wood Group and Siemens AG (Siemens) have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture (JV), consisting of the maintenance and power solutions businesses of Wood Group GTS (excluding its Rolls Wood Group, TransCanada Turbines and Sulzer Wood joint ventures), and Siemens' TurboCare business unit (TurboCare), which provides aftermarket gas turbine, steam turbine and generator design, repair and manufacturing services.

Arizona Electric Power Co-operative (AEPCO) has awarded Wood Group GTS a contract to replace a turbine control panel at AEPCO's 615MW Apache power station in Benson, Arizona.

Wood Group GTS has completed a $800,000 contract under Genesys Control, their main automation contractor, upgrading two MHI 73MW steam turbine generators as part of a major automation migration effort of the Electroguayas, Gonzalo Zevallos power generation plant in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Wood Group is delighted to announce we will be attending two events in the next few months.

The BBC's global business correspondent, Peter Day, has featured Wood Group in article on Aberdeen and the oil industry.

KTRWG Turbine Services LLP, a new joint venture company set up by international Wood Group and Kazak company KazTurboRemont (KTR), has been announced to coincide with a ministerial visit to Kazakhstan.

Wood Group GTS has replaced the original controls system with an open-architecture system that will enable CWL to access and configure the turbine to meet fluctuating power demands.

TransCanada Turbines (TCT), a joint venture between TransCanada Corporation and Wood Group GTS, has completed construction and commissioning of a purpose-built test cell in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Wood Group GTS has signed a four-year operations and maintenance (O&M) contract with Entegra Power Group and Sundevil Power Holdings to operate the Gila River Power Station, one of the largest independent power plants in the US.

Wood Group GTS and Rockwell Automation have formed a strategic partnership to facilitate the joint development of a fully integrated, open architecture controls platform for power generation applications.

Southwest Generation Operating Company has awarded Wood Group GTS a contract to upgrade a Speedtronic Mark V control system fitted to an early model GE LM6000.

Wood Group GTS is to host stands at two forthcoming international Power Gen conferences.

Wood Group GTS has released its newest control system upgrade for GE LM6000 gas turbines. This integrated solution replaces the original proprietary hardware and software with an open architecture design, enabling operators to reconfigure turbines operation in-house without incurring costly support and service charges.

Wood Group GTS has secured a $24m contract with NRG Energy subsidiary Petra Nova to design and construct a 75MW gas turbine peaking facility at the W A Parish Generating Station, located approximately 25 miles south-west of Houston.

Wood Group GTS has secured a $24m contract with NRG Energy subsidiary Petra Nova to design and construct a 75MW gas turbine peaking facility at the WA Parish Generating Station, located approximately 25 miles south-west of Houston.

Wood Group GTS has secured a contract with Pasadena Water & Power (PWP) for repair and restoration of the GT-1 generating unit at its Glenarm Power Plant in Pasadena, California.

Wood Group GTS, GDF SUEZ Glow Energy Public Company Limited and Glow SPP11 Company Limited (formerly known as Thai National Power Co) have extended a term maintenance agreement (TMA) originally signed in 2004 to include two additional GE Frame 6B gas turbines.

Wood Group GTS has secured a contract for the upgrade of plant controls on five hydroelectric units at a generating station in Kentucky.

Wood Group GTS has been awarded a multi-year rotating equipment managed maintenance services contract for the Brent Assets of Shell UK. This award provides comprehensive support services for power generation packages and follows the establishment of an enterprise framework agreement (EFA) last year between Wood Group GTS and Shell.

Wood Group GTS has been selected as the service provider for a combustion inspection at a power generation facility located in Kansas on a GE Frame 7EA dual fuel gas turbine.

Wood Group GTS has completed a major inspection and life time assessment of a Siemens SGT-600 (GT10B) gas turbine for DONG Energy A/S in Denmark.

Wood Group GTS has secured a contract with Leventis Overseas Limited for the supply of three refurbished Nomad 5 power packages for use in Nigeria.

Wood Group GTS has secured an exclusive term maintenance agreement with Maersk FPSOs to support multiple Siemens gas turbines operating on their Curlew and North Sea Producer FPSO units. The contract duration is five years.

Wood Group GTS has secured a ten-year term maintenance agreement valued at $15m with Sime Darby Power Company in Laem Chabang, Thailand. The scope of work includes new gas turbine parts supply, component repair and field services for three GE Frame 6B units across two power stations.

Wood Group GTS has been awarded a contract estimated to be worth up to $3.5m by Dow Chemical Company, USA

Wood Group GTS has been awarded a two-year contract extension by the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative (CMEEC)

Wood Group GTS (GTS) has entered into a strategic alliance with Pratt & Whitney Power Systems (PWPS) to jointly service the GE Frame 7FA industrial gas turbine aftermarket.

Wood Group GTS has completed a major inspection contract with Origin Energy for a GE Frame 6B gas turbine at Roma Power Station in Queensland, Australia.

Wood Group GTS has been awarded a contract with a major oil and gas producer and distributer in China, to exchange and overhaul a Solar Taurus™ 60 gas turbine in operation along the Shaanxi-Beijing pipeline. This pipeline is used to transport natural gas from the Shaanxi province in northwes

Wood Group GTS has been awarded an agreement to supply parts for 14 General Electric Frame 6B gas turbines located at various sites in Oman. Under this 12-year contract, all GE Frame 6B new components will be exclusively sourced through Wood Group GTS. To support this contract Wood Group GTS will

Wood Group GTS has signed a six-year contract with PlusPetrol Energy to provide maintenance services for two General Electric Frame 9E DLN-1 gas turbines at the Central Termica San Miguel de Tucuman power plant in El Bracho, Argentina. The contract is valued at approximately US$15m.

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Wood Group GTS has signed a five-year operations and maintenance (O&M) agreement with Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining (Newcrest). Under the contract, Wood Group GTS will provide mobilisation and complete care, custody and control services for the primary and secondary power

Wood Group GTS has been awarded a contract estimated to be worth up to $4.5 million by Consorcio Camisea to provide overhaul and technical support for eight Solar Centaur® 50 SoLoNOx gas turbines in two Peruvian gas plants. Wood Group GTS will deliver a turnkey project of majo

Wood Group GTS has been awarded a five-year gas turbine term maintenance agreement by Stadtwerke München (SWM), Germany's largest municipal company supplying gas and electricity to more than one million customers in the Munich area. The contract covers maintenance of SWM's two General

Wood Group GTS has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract valued at approximately $875m from Dorad Energy to build an 800MW power plant in Israel. The natural-gas fired Dorad power plant is expected to be online within 36 months and when completed will repres

Wood Group GTS has signed a multiple-year, exclusive service agreement with Budapest Power Plant, part of EDF Group, to provide parts, repairs, field services and refurbished replacement turbines for the Kelenfold gas turbine plant in Budapest, Hungary. The Kelenfold power plant include

Wood Group GTS has received an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, valued at approximately $152m, from GWF Energy to construct and commission the conversion of the Tracy Peaker Plant in Tracy, California. GWF is converting the Tracy Peaker project to a combined

April 2010 marks the 20th anniversary of Rolls Wood Group (RWG), a 50-50 joint venture between Rolls-Royce and Wood Group. RWG was formed in 1990 to provide Rolls-Royce gas turbine repair and overhaul services and in that time the company has grown from £10 million sales in the first year t

Aberdeen, UK — Wood Group GTS has been awarded a five-year, $27m contract by Brick Power Holdings for operations and maintenance (O&M) of the Rumford and Tiverton facilities located in Maine and Rhode Island, US. The Rumford and Tiverton power facilities have 265MW

Wood Group GTS, part of international energy services company John Wood Group (Wood Group), has been awarded a multi-year gas turbine accessories contract worth approximately $10 million by the US Navy, Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP) Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, US. Under t

The gas turbine services division (GTS) of international energy services company John Wood Group (Wood Group) has signed a term maintenance agreement with WVK Freiburg to provide capital parts, repairs and field service for a general electric frame 6B gas turbine generator package located at a co

The Gas Turbine Services division (GTS) of international energy services company, John Wood Group, has signed a term maintenance agreement with BASF Schwarzheide to provide parts, repairs, field services and risk management for two GE Frame 6B gas turbine generator packages located in Schwarzheid

The Gas Turbine Services division (GTS) of international energy services company John Wood (Wood Group) has launched a new service in the renewable energy sector. Wood Group Renewable Energy Services (WGRES) will focus on the wind turbine market and offer operations, maintenance, asset management

As a result of an alliance between the Gas Turbine Services division (“GTS”) of international energy services company, John Wood Group (“Wood Group”) and Malaysia’s Serba Dinamik Sdn (“Serba”), a short term maintenance agreement has been entered into with Petronas Gas Berhad (“PGB”). Under this a

The Gas Turbine Services division (“GTS”) of international energy services company, John Wood Group (“Wood Group”), has signed an alliance agreement with Serba Dinamik (“Serba”), a Malaysian engineering firm specializing in the maintenance of gas turbines. The execution of this agreement will all

Rolls Wood Group (Repair & Overhauls) (RWG), a 50/50 joint venture between Rolls-Royce and John Wood Group, has formed a new joint venture with OTEC Kemajuan (OTEC). The joint venture was created in support of a contract to service the ever increasing needs of Petroliam Nasional Berhad and it

The Gas Turbine Services Division (GTS) of international energy services company, John Wood Group (Wood Group), has been awarded a turnkey contract, valued at approximately $36 million, by East Texas Electric Cooperative (ETEC) to construct and commission ETEC’s San Jacinto Generating Facility ne

Compressor Dry Gas Seal Retrofit Program Wood Group Light Industrial Turbines (WGLIT), part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of international energy services company, John Wood Group PLC, and Flowserve Corporation, a global leader in the fluid motion and control industry, have announced a coo

Yokogawa Corporation of America and Wood Group Turbine Control Services, part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of international energy services company, John Wood Group PLC (Wood Group), today announced a cooperative agreement for turbine and rotating equipment controls solutions. U

The Gas Turbine Services Division of international energy services company, John Wood Group PLC ('Wood Group'), has signed a Term Maintenance Agreement with EC Zielona Göra SA to provide parts, repairs, field services and risk management for the gas turbine plant located in the city of Zielo

Wood Group Heavy Industrial Turbines Ltd ("WGHIT"), part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of international energy services company, John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group"), has been awarded a five year maintenance contract with BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd ("BP"), w

Wood Group Power Operations, Inc. ("WGPO"), part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of international energy services company, John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group"), has been awarded four operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts, worth in total more than $100 million, by L

Rolls Wood Group (Repair & Overhauls) Ltd ("RWG") in Aberdeen, Scotland has been awarded a five year Comprehensive Maintenance Contract with Perth-based Scottish and Southern Energy plc (SSE) to support a combined heat and power (CHP) project at Ninewells Hospital & Medical School

On 13th December 2005, Dr Leonardo Atencio, Dean of the University of Zulia in Maracaibo, officially opened a new gas turbine performance test facility that is the result of a partnership between the University and Wood Group Gas Turbines (Venezuela) Ltd (WGGTV). The test facility, whic

Robert (Rob) Duby has been appointed President of Wood Group Field Services, Inc. (WGFS). In this role, Rob, who is based in Vernon, California, has responsibility for all of the union field service activities across the USA of the Heavy Industrial Turbines (WGHIT) business of Wood Group's Gas T

Wood Group Light Industrial Turbines Ltd (WGLIT), part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of international energy services company, John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group"), has been awarded a six year long term service agreement with Diageo Distilling Ltd, which is part of Diageo plc, the wo

Rolls Wood Group (Repair & Overhauls) Ltd ("RWG") in Aberdeen has secured the award of a contract from British Energy Generation Ltd to complete the conditional overhaul of their fleet of Rolls-Royce Olympus industrial gas generators over the next five to seven years. Worth

Houston-based Wood Group Light Industrial Turbines (USA), Inc. ("WGLIT"), part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of international energy services company, John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group"), has strengthened its team with the addition of two highly experienced turbine industry

Wood Group Light Industrial Turbines (WGLIT), part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of international energy services company, John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group"), has appointed David McKendrick as General Manager/Sales Director for Asia Pacific, commencing 1st January 2006. I

Wood Group Light Industrial Turbines Ltd (WGLIT), part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of international energy services company, John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group"), has been awarded a gas turbine service contract by one of Russia's largest oil production companies, Surgutneftegas.

Wood Group Heavy Industrial Turbines (WGHIT), part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of international energy services company, John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group"), has been awarded a long term contract by Thüringer Energie AG ("TEAG"), part of the E.ON group, to provide mai

Wood Group Heavy Industrial Turbines (WGHIT), part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group"), has been awarded a $9 million, six year gas turbine maintenance contract at Fellside Heat and Power Ltd in Cumbria, England, by MBpx, a consortium comprising

Wood Group Power Operations, Inc. ("WGPO"), a leading provider of performance-based operations & maintenance (O&M) services for the power industry, and part of Wood Group's Gas Turbine Services business, has appointed Rob Bendetti to the position of Vice President of Operations. Read more

Wood Group Power Solutions, Inc. (WGPS), part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group"), has won a multi-million dollar turnkey contract to expand the power plant operated by Drummond Ltd at the Pribbenow Coal Mine in northern Colombia. Under the contrac

Wood Group Fuel Systems, Inc. (WGFS) located in East Windsor, Connecticut, USA, part of the Gas Turbine Services division of John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group"), and DUAP AG of Herzogenbuchsee, Switzerland, have signed an agreement to jointly serve the diesel fuel injection markets in North America,

Wood Group Engineering Services (Middle East) Ltd (WGES) officially opened two new additions to its existing facilities in Jebel Ali, Dubai on Saturday 19th February 2005. WGES, part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group"), has opened a new state-of-the-art test c

Wood Group Power Operations, Inc. ("WGPO"), part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group"), has been awarded a long term, $19.5 million power plant services contract with Kings River Conservation District ("KRCD") at the customer’s simple-cycle peaking power station

Wood Group Integrated Plant Solutions, Inc. ("WG IPS"), part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of John Wood Group PLC (2Wood Group"), has been awarded a long-term gas turbine maintenance contract for a 565MW facility owned and operated by Interstate Power and Light Company ("IPL"), a wholly-owned

Wood Group's Heavy Industrial Turbines business (WGHIT) has won a six year contract with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), Thailand’s national power utility, to supply spare parts for its fleet of General Electric Frame 9E gas turbines in operation at power stations throughout

Wood Group Integrated Plant Solutions (“WG IPS”), part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of John Wood Group PLC, has been awarded a long term gas turbine maintenance contract in Brazil by Termonorte Energia Ltda, a company owned by a consortium comprised of investors, including US and Brazilian c

The Elliott Company (“Elliott”) and Wood Group Heavy Industrial Turbines Division (WGHIT), part of the Gas Turbine Services division of John Wood Group PLC (“Wood Group”), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to form an alliance that capitalizes on the collective strengths of both companies to

Wood Group Power Operations, Inc. (“WGPO”), part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of John Wood Group PLC (“Wood Group”), has been awarded a ten-year, $15.7million power plant services contract with Equus Power I, LP (“EQUUS”) at the customer’s simple-cycle peaking power station on Long Island, N

TransCanada Turbines Ltd (TCT), part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of John Wood Group PLC ('Wood Group') has been awarded a long-term service agreement worth $37 million over ten years with BP America Production Company for eleven General Electric LM2500 gas turbines on three deep-water platf

Wood Group's Gas Turbine Services division has appointed Stuart Broadley to the position of Managing Director and President for its Light Industrial Turbines (WGLIT) business, with responsibility for the WGLIT facilities in the UK, US, Venezuela and UAE servicing Siemens (Ruston) and Solar gas turbi

WOOD GROUP APPOINTS FRANK AVERY AS PRESIDENT OF WOOD GROUP POWER OPERATIONS, INC. Wood Group Gas Turbine Services has promoted Frank Avery to the position of President of its Operations & Maintenance (O&M) business, Wood Group Power Operations, Inc. (WGPO), effective from 1st July 200

DALLAS – July 27, 2004 – Flowserve Corporation (NYSE: FLS) and Wood Group Gas Turbine Services Holdings, Inc., part of the Gas Turbine Services division of John Wood Group PLC (“Wood Group”), have announced an alliance to deliver a wide range of field and shop-based services for the maintenanc

US AIR FORCE AWARDS $10.8 MILLION FUEL NOZZLE REPAIR CONTRACT TO WOOD GROUP FUEL SYSTEMS, INC. Wood Group Fuel Systems, Inc. (WGFS), part of the Gas Turbine Services division of John Wood Group PLC (“Wood Group”), has been awarded a $10.8million, five-year fuel nozzle repair

Wood Group Heavy Industrial Turbines (Thailand) Ltd (WGHITT), part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of John Wood Group PLC (“Wood Group”), has been awarded two long-term gas turbine maintenance contracts, worth approximately $90 million over 18 years, from The Glow Group in Thailand, part of Tra

Wood Group Heavy Industrial Turbines Ltd (WGHIT), part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of John Wood Group PLC (“Wood Group”), has been awarded a $12million long-term contract to provide maintenance service support for the gas turbines and associated equipment owned and operated by Dhofar Power

Delegates from power companies throughout Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Europe gathered at Wood Group Heavy Industrial Turbines (Thailand) Ltd (“WGHIT Thailand”) on 10th March 2004 to witness the official opening of its newly extended gas turbine service facility in Rayong by the Provincial Gove

Wood Group Engineering Services (Middle East) Ltd (WGES), part of the Gas Turbine Services business of John Wood Group PLC (“Wood Group”), has extended the industrial gas turbine testing capability of its Dubai test facility to include performance testing of Solar Centaur® 40 engines. This adds to

TransCanada Turbines Ltd (“TCT”), part of the Gas Turbine Services business of John Wood Group PLC (“Wood Group”), recently opened its newly constructed cold end drive test facility for General Electric LM6000 PA and PC industrial aero-derivative gas turbines. Located at the Cavalier Power Station

Sir John Rose, Chief Executive of Rolls-Royce plc, visited Aberdeen-based Rolls Wood Group (Repair & Overhauls) Ltd (“RWG”) on Thursday 25th March 2004 to officially open RWG’s newly constructed gas turbine repair and overhaul facilities, one for Rolls-Royce Avon gas turbines and the other for Rolls

A subsidiary of John Wood Group PLC (“Wood Group”) has acquired Z.TEC GmbH Energy Service ("Z.TEC"), a company based in Moers, Germany, providing services to heavy industrial gas turbine users in Germany and other parts of central Europe. Z.TEC will operate as part of Wood Group’s Gas Turbi

Wood Group Gas Turbine Services, a division of John Wood Group PLC ('Wood Group'), has acquired the business and assets of Thomason Mechanical Corporation ('TMC') and sister company Bender Machine for a cash consideration of approximately $46 million. Thomason Mechanical had revenues of $61.2 millio

Wood Group Power, Inc. (WGP) is creating a new center of excellence in East Windsor, Connecticut to greatly enhance the maintenance, repair and overhaul service it offers to operators of industrial gas turbines across the US. The company is building a new 30,000 sq ft heavy industrial

John Wood Group PLC ('Wood Group') has acquired Industrial Repair Service, Inc. ('IRS'), an electrical generator services company providing specialized generator maintenance, field outage engineering, and high voltage coil support services to power companies throughout the Americas. The cash conside