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Wood Group (John) PLC
19 May 2004


19 May 2004


    WOOD GROUP WINS $90MILLION, 18-YEAR GAS TURBINE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS IN
                                    THAILAND

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 Tractebel
Electricity & Gas International, one of the business divisions of SUEZ. The
contracts are scheduled to begin in 2005, with the work spread over their 18
year duration.

'We are delighted to have won these long-term maintenance contracts which
represent a significant step in the development of our long-term maintenance
business and in our business in South East Asia,' said Allister Langlands, Chief
Executive of Wood Group Gas Turbine Services. 'These contracts follow our
successful implementation of similar long-term packaged maintenance contracts in
other regions of the world. By delivering a broad spectrum of services under the
contracts, wholly aligned to the needs of the customer, Wood Group is
demonstrating its position as the leading independent aftermarket services
provider.'

The two contracts involve the provision of packaged maintenance services,
covering component repair, spare parts supply, and onsite services for 12
General Electric Frame 6B gas turbines operated at two power stations in Map Ta
Phut on Thailand's eastern seaboard.

John Guidry, Chief Operating Officer of The Glow Group, said: 'We are pleased to
award these contracts to Wood Group. These agreements package a broad range of
services into a contracting model with the flexibility to provide an efficient,
cost-effective maintenance solution for our assets.'

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Note to editors

Wood Group is an international energy services company with $2bn revenues,
employing more than 13,000 people worldwide and operating in 34 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 Heavy Industrial Turbines, comprising facilities in the UK, USA,
Switzerland and Thailand, provides integrated maintenance services to operators
of heavy industrial gas turbines, steam turbines and electrical generators
worldwide.

The Glow Group is the largest independent power producer in Thailand, and is
majority owned by SUEZ-Tractebel SA.

For further information contact
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], mobile: [phone], e-mail:
[e-mail]

Or visit the website:
www.woodgroup.com


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