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Wood Group (John) PLC
19 May 2005

                 WOOD GROUP WINS FIRST ADVANCED 'F' TECHNOLOGY
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                   GAS TURBINE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT IN THE US
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Wood Group Integrated Plant Solutions, Inc. ('WG IPS'), part of the Gas Turbine
Services Division of John Wood Group PLC ('Wood 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
subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation.


The contract, which is effective immediately, involves the provision of packaged
maintenance services over two maintenance cycles, including component repair,
spare parts supply, onsite services and technical risk management, for two
General Electric Frame 7FA+e gas turbines operated at IPL's Emery Generating
Station in Clear Lake, Iowa, USA.  This is WG IPS' first 7FA contract.


'Bringing Wood Group's flexible contract terms and value-added contractual
services to the customer's advanced 'F' technology gas turbines demonstrates our
continued ability to offer cost-effective maintenance solutions across a very
broad range of turbine models,' said Mitch Robinson, Vice President of WG IPS.
'Alliant's requirement for a flexible solution, including field service
expertise, was key to structuring this agreement.  We are able to leverage the
excellent relationship that already exists between Alliant and Wood Group to
offer the client an integrated and more comprehensive scope of service.'


Tim Bennington, Vice President, Generation at Alliant Energy, said: 'We are
pleased to award this contract to Wood Group.  This agreement provides
reliability to our customers, availability within our fleet, and flexibility to
provide an efficient, cost-effective maintenance solution for our assets.'


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Note to editors
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Wood Group is an international energy services company with $2.3bn revenues,
employing more than 14,000 people worldwide and operating in 36 countries.  The
Group has three Businesses: Engineering & Production Facilities, Well Support,
and Gas Turbine Services providing a range of engineering, production support,
maintenance management and industrial gas and steam turbine-generator overhaul
and repair services to the oil & gas, and power generation industries worldwide.



Wood Group Gas Turbine Services is a leading world-wide independent provider of
maintenance, repair and overhaul services for gas turbines, steam turbines,
generators, and other high-speed rotating equipment, including pumps and
compressors.  The company also repairs gas turbine accessories and components
for industrial and aero customers.



Wood Group Integrated Plant Solutions, Inc. is part of Wood Group Gas Turbine
Services and focuses on delivering highly-structured, term maintenance solutions
to power plant operators.





For further information contact
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Carolyn Smith, Corporate Communications Manager, Wood Group
Tel: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]


Pauline Smith, Corporate Communications Executive, Wood Group Gas Turbine
Services
Tel: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]


Or visit the website:
www.woodgroup.com



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