Re Contract

Wood Group (John) PLC
07 September 2004


September 7, 2004

           MUSTANG AWARDED ENGINEERING DESIGN OF FOUR FIXED PLATFORMS
                 FOR AMERADA HESS' NORTHERN BLOCK G DEVELOPMENT

HOUSTON - Mustang Engineering ('Mustang') has been selected by Amerada Hess
Equatorial Guinea, Inc. to perform detailed engineering design and procurement
assistance for its Northern Block G (NBG) Development project offshore
Equatorial Guinea, which includes the development of four reservoir areas.
Mustang will design four fixed platforms in the Elon reservoir area, including
the central processing facility, where total NBG field production will be
gathered, plus three additional well protector platforms. The platforms will be
located in approximately 200 feet of water. Detailed engineering is expected to
be complete by mid-2005, with ongoing technical support by Mustang continuing
through December 2005.

This project adds to Mustang's resume of projects performed in Equatorial
Guinea, which include an FPSO, a fixed platform and an onshore gas facilities
expansion project. The Elon project also adds to Mustang's resume of work for
Amerada Hess across other industry sectors; Mustang has performed numerous
downstream and automation projects for Amerada Hess.

Mustang Engineering, a Wood Group company, is an independent services provider
to the domestic and international oil, gas and chemical industries. Mustang is
the market leader worldwide in the engineering design of deepwater facilities
and has been involved in over half of the deepwater facilities in the Gulf of
Mexico. Mustang specializes in design, engineering, procurement, project
management and construction management of upstream oil and gas facilities and
structures, midstream projects, process plants, petrochemicals and chemicals,
pharmaceuticals, pipelines, and automation and control projects. Office
locations include Houston, Texas; Tampa, Florida; Birmingham, Alabama; Savannah,
Georgia; Monroe, Louisiana; Martinez, California; Columbus, Ohio; and
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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