Wood Group GTS awarded contract for controls upgrade hydroelectric generating station

HOUSTON, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wood Group GTS has secured a contract for the upgrade of plant controls on five hydroelectric units at a generating station in Kentucky. The work scope involves replacement of outdated equipment with modern PLC-based controls to upgrade hardware and software to ensure compatibility across all the generating units at this site. Work will commence immediately and should be completed by or before December 2014.  

"Confirmation of this award reinforces our position as a key power generation controls solution provider and will ensure continuity and reliability of service from this important generating asset," said Frank Avery, president of Power Plant Services at Wood Group GTS.

Wood Group GTS is a leading independent provider of rotating equipment services and solutions for clients in the power, oil & gas and clean energy markets. Worldwide, these services include: power plant engineering, procurement and construction; facility operations & maintenance; and repair & overhaul, optimisation and upgrade of gas, wind and steam turbines, pumps, compressors and other high-speed rotating equipment www.woodgroupgts.com

Wood Group is an international energy services company with $6bn sales, employing more than 41,000 people worldwide and operating in 50 countries. The Group has three businesses - Engineering, Wood Group PSN and Wood Group GTS  - 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.  www.woodgroup.com

SOURCE Wood Group

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