Wood Group GTS Secures $1M Combustion Inspection With Kansas Power Generation Company

HOUSTON, July 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wood Group GTS has been selected as the service provider for a combustion inspection at a power generation facility located in Kansas on a GE Frame 7EA dual fuel gas turbine. Under the contract, Wood Group GTS will provide a complete solution for major maintenance services including field services, component repairs, provision of DLN-1.0 (Dry Low NOx) combustion parts and controls tuning.

"We understand the importance placed on power plant availability. Wood Group GTS maintains an extensive inventory of parts, enabling us to meet most requirements from stock. The holding of critical spares is one aspect within our portfolio of products and services designed to increase the overall value of services for gas turbine operators," said Frank Avery of Wood Group GTS - Power Plant Services. "We are able to greatly reduce the capital requirements for our customers while also decreasing lead time and outage duration.  All of these attributes contribute to increasing the return on the investment our customers make in gas turbine technology."        

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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; repair & overhaul, optimization and upgrades 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

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