Wood Group PSN will deliver O&M services to Hess

WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC - Wood Group PSN will deliver O&M services to Hess

PR Newswire

London, May 22

HOUSTON, May23, 2013 - Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will deliver operations &maintenance services to Hess Corporation's Baldpate production platform in thedeepwater Gulf of Mexico, under a new five-year contract.

WGPSN will also provide these services to Hess for the Tubular Bells andStampede deepwater facilities in the Mississippi Canyon and Green Canyonregions of the Gulf of Mexico when they come on stream in the future. Thecontract will lead to the creation of up to 100 new jobs in the region.

WGPSN will develop a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) to trackthe maintenance and repair of rotating equipment and maintenance parts. Theywill also manage the inventory of engineering parts.

Derek Blackwood, WGPSN Americas president, said: "Hess is a valued customer toWGPSN. Since 1999, we have maintained contracts with Hess in the U.K. and inEquatorial Guinea, and we are pleased to have extended this relationship to theU.S. Gulf of Mexico. We will recruit new employees to service this contract andare committed to developing a skilled and talented local workforce."

WGPSN employs over 5,000 people in the US, working both offshore in the Gulf ofMexico and onshore servicing the conventional oil & gas sector and shale plays.

Notes to Editors:

Wood Group is an international energy services company with around $7bn sales,employing about 43,000 people worldwide and operating in 50 countries. TheGroup has three businesses-Wood Group Engineering, Wood Group PSN and WoodGroup GTS-providing a range of engineering, production support, maintenancemanagement and industrial gas turbine overhaul and repair services to the oil &gas, and power generation industries worldwide. www.woodgroup.com

Wood Group PSN is a global provider of pre-operations, hook up & commissioning,operations & maintenance, engineering, construction, project management,training and decommissioning services to the energy industry. Employing over25,000 people in more than 35 countries, Wood Group PSN offers high integrity,brownfield services that support customers to optimise performance, maintainproduction, reduce operating costs and provide integrity assurance.www.woodgroup-psn.com.

Baldpate is located in 1,650ft of water, in Garden Banks (GB) block 260, 120miles off the Louisiana coast. Installed in 1998, it was the first freestandingoffshore compliant tower and is one of the tallest freestanding structures inthe world.

For further information contact:Carolyn Smith, Director, Corporate Communications-Eastern Hemisphere, WoodGroup Tel: +44 (0) 1224 851099, email: [email protected]

Bobbie Ireland, Director, Corporate Communications - Americas, Wood Group

Tel: +1 713 515 3571, email: [email protected]

Kerry Sedge, PR Manager, Wood Group PSN

Tel: +61 4 175 78000, email: [email protected]