Wood Group GTS completes $2M worth of major maintenance services for Frame 5 and 6B gas turbines

HOUSTON, July 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wood Group GTS has completed $2 million worth of major maintenance services for Frame 6B and Frame 5 gas turbines at a US and a Costa Rican power station respectively. The combination of work included a major inspection and the repair of hot gas path parts: turbine buckets, nozzles, shrouds, transition pieces, crossfire tubes, fuel nozzles, flow sleeves and bearings.

At the US facility, the operating profile of the combined cycle power plant had been changed from base load to peaking duty, serving the reserve power market. As a result, the gas turbine was scheduled to run fewer than 100 hours per year. The projected maintenance cost was significant compared to the revenue likely to be earned by the peaking plant.  

At the Costa Rican facility, there was a greater advantage for the customer to repair their parts rather than replacing them with new components.

Frank Avery of Wood Group GTS - Power Plant Services said, "We were delighted to help the owners to continue operating the facilities. Through the implementation of our robust maintenance solutions we helped to increase plant availability and minimize the risk of unplanned outages."

Wood Group GTS has worked with both facilities previously, supplying major maintenance services that have included field services, component repairs, and the supply of Wood Group's Advanced Parts Manufacture (APM^®) parts.

Note to Editors

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

Wood Group is an international energy services company with around $7bn sales, employing around 43,000 people worldwide and operating in 50 countries.  The Group has three businesses – Wood Group 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

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

Bobbie Ireland, Corporate Communications – Americas, Wood Group
Tel: +1 (281) 828 3505, email: [email protected]  

SOURCE Wood Group GTS