Alliance Engineering Awarded Detailed Engineering for Two Compressor Stations for Gas Transmission, LLC

HOUSTON, January 20, 2009 - Alliance Engineering (“Alliance”), a subsidiary of international energy services company PLC (“Wood Group”), has been awarded a contract from Texas Gas Transmission, LLC (“Texas Gas”), a subsidiary of Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP, to provide the engineering and design for the construction of two compressor stations. The stations will serve two expansion pipelines transporting gas from the Fayetteville Shale area in Arkansas.

One station will be constructed at Bald Knob, near Russell, Arkansas, to serve the 165-mile, 36-inch Fayetteville lateral. The second station will be constructed at Isola, Mississippi, serving the 95-mile, 36-inch Greenville lateral. Both Texas Gas laterals are expected to be in service during the first quarter of 2009.

“Alliance is pleased to have Boardwalk as a client for these valuable projects,” said Norb Roobaert, president of Alliance.

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Alliance is an independent services provider to the domestic and international oil and gas industry. Alliance specializes in engineering, design, procurement, project management and construction management of on and offshore oil and gas facilities and structures. Capabilities range from feasibility studies through complete turn-key installations. Alliance has offices in , Denver and Durango, Colorado. Wood Group is an international energy services company with approximately $5.0bn sales, employing approximately 28,000 people worldwide and operating in 46 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 industries worldwide.

Contact: Bobbie Ireland Director, Corporate Communications – Americas Wood Group +1 281 828 3505 cell: +1 713 515 3571 [email protected]