Charles Johnson Joins Wood Group Mustang's Onshore Business Unit as General Manager, Bakken Region

HOUSTON, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wood Group Mustang's Onshore Business Unit has appointed Charles Johnson to the position of general manager, Bakken region.  He will oversee the growing Wood Group Mustang presence in the region from the company's North Dakota regional office located at 20 1^st Street, SW, Minot, ND 58701.

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Johnson brings 25 years of oil and gas experience to Wood Group Mustang, namely in tight formation plays in both the Bakken and Marcellus.  His experience includes oilfield services, construction, transportation and refined fuel industries serving in positions such as business development and management, pipeline and facility construction, analyst and HSE.

A fifth generation North Dakotan, Johnson holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Houston and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of North Dakota.  He is certified in Total Quality Management (TQM) and as a safety trainer through the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC). He also serves as a liaison with the North Dakota Safety Council and the North Dakota Petroleum Council.

Wood Group Mustang Vice President, Global Shales, Chuck Law said, "Charles is widely known and respected throughout the Rocky Mountain region and has been highly successful in leading efforts in major shale plays.  We look forward to the contributions he will bring to Wood Group Mustang expanding our Bakken region presence."

Wood Group Mustang is a global project management, engineering, procurement, and construction operations company serving the upstream oil and gas, refining and chemicals, pipeline, automation and control, and industrial markets.  Wood Group Mustang has offices in North America, South America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa.  For more information, visit www.mustangeng.com.

Wood Group is an international energy services company with around $7 billion sales, employing about 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 and gas, and power generation industries worldwide. www.woodgroup.com

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