Wood Group opens new office in Rio de Janeiro

HOUSTON, December 15, 2009 - Wood Group, the international energy services company, has opened a new office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This new office will provide a broad range of Wood Group's services and products, including operations & maintenance, commissioning, and other technical services, to the Brazilian market.

"Most of oil & gas companies operating in Brazil have offices in Rio de Janeiro," explained Alexandre Quadrado, Wood Group's country manager for Brazil. "This new office will allow us to be closer to them, providing a quicker response than from our operational base in Macae."

The office is located in Barra de Tijuca, a growing area of Rio de Janeiro where many oil and gas operating companies and service companies are located. The address is:

Centro Empresarial Mario Henrique Simonsen
Av. Das Américas, 3434 - Bloco 2 - Sala 307
Barra da Tijuca - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
Brasil - CEP 22640-102
Phone: +55 21 30344700
Email: comercial@woodgroup.com.br

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Notes to Editors
Wood Group (John Wood Group PLC) is an international energy services company with approximately $5.0bn sales, employing 29,000 people worldwide and operating in 50 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 turbine overhaul and repair services to the oil & gas, and power generation industries worldwide.

Wood Group Engineering & Production Facilities is a leading provider of engineering design and project management services for the development of new offshore oil and gas fields as well as the enhancement, modification, operation and maintenance of existing infrastructure in offshore and onshore oil and gas facilities.

For further information contact:
Bobbie Ireland, Corporate Communications - Americas, Wood Group
Tel: +1 281 828 3505, Cell: +1 713 515 3571, email: bobbie.ireland@woodgroup.com