International energy services company, John Wood Group, has enhanced its operations in the Middle East this year by clinching a key contract in Oman and opening three new manufacturing and service facilities in the UAE.

The $12 million investments in the UAE will boost the Group's service capabilities to its oil, gas and gas turbine customers in the Middle East.

The new facilities give the Wood Group manufacturing and assembly capability for a number of its oilfield products for the Middle East region. Valves and wellheads will be manufactured in Abu Dhabi and electric submersible pumps (ESPs) in Dubai, and the Group says it plans to set up further facilities in Oman, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

The Wood Group is now working in virtually every Middle East country. It has been operating in the Gulf for more than 20 years

The Abu Dhabi facility for Wood Group Pressure Control (Arabian) will manufacture API-approved wellhead and tree assemblies in Abu Dhabi.

Wood Group ESP's new facility in Dubai will provide the most advanced computerised testing of submersible pumps, motors and seals and the custom manufacture of ESP motor assemblies.

The five-year supply contract won by Wood Group Pressure Control (Arabian) from Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) to supply gate valves and components for its exploration and development projects is a major contract for the Group.

Wood Group Pressure Control is now established as a leading force in the supply of pressure control equipment to the energy industry in the Middle East.

With more than 20 years' experience in the UAE, Wood Group Pressure Control supplies its Middle East customers with a wide scope of products together with a comprehensive repair and refurbishment service from its purpose-built Abu Dhabi facility.

Its customers include Bahrain National Oil Company, Saudi Aramco, SAT in the Kuwait/Saudi Neutral Zone, Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Areas (Adma) and the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (Adco) in the UAE.

Wood Group Pressure Control (Arabian) L.L.C. is fully licensed by API to 6A, 6D, 16A and certified to ISO 9002, and has applied for ISO 9001 accreditation.

Wood Group Pressure Control is one of the industry's largest full-service, wellhead, gate valve, flow control and drilling products companies, and has the support of a large network of Wood Group businesses worldwide.