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Released March 16, 2017 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) giant KBR Incorporated (NYSE:KBR) (Houston, Texas) is aggressively shifting to a global presence in differentiated professional services with a slew of recent contract awards in the Oil & Gas Production and Chemical Processing industries across multiple continents, including booming markets in Australia, India, South Korea and the Gulf of Mexico. Industrial Info is tracking more than $103 billion in active projects, in these and other areas, involving KBR.
In Australia, KBR is providing design and engineering services for the federal Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure's (DPTI) $180.3 million Stage 2 overhaul of the Torrens Rail Junction in North Adelaide, South Australia. KBR says the project will improve the productivity of the Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth rail line by separating the freight and passenger rail lines that intersect at the junction, and the DPTI says it will boost productivity on the line and reduce delays at level crossings in metropolitan Adelaide. The project is expected to be completed in early 2018. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Earlier this month, KBR said in a press release that it had been awarded a two-year engineering services contract by the North Caspian Operating Company for conceptual studies and pre-front-end engineering services for its projects in the Kazakhstan zone of the Caspian Sea. KBR already is at work on BP plc's (NYSE:BP) (London, England) $600 million second phase of the Shah Deniz II Offshore Natural Gas Platform in the Caspian Sea, offshore Azerbaijan, which involves drilling 26 new wells to boost annual production capacity to 24 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 150,000 barrels of gas condensates, from the existing 8.8 billion cubic meters and 50,000 barrels, respectively. Caspian Drilling Company Limited (Baku, Azerbaijan) and Maersk Drilling (Copenhagen, Denmark) also are serving as contractors. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
"KBR is pleased to have the opportunity to provide our renowned front-end expertise, and engineering and execution excellence, for these significant projects," said Jay Ibrahim, KBR's president for Europe, Middle East and Africa, in a press release about the agreement with North Caspian Operating Company. "This award continues KBR's long-time work in the Caspian region and our enduring relationship with the operators on these off-shore developments."
In addition, BP is making progress on its $9 billion Mad Dog 2 Platform Offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, for which KBR is performing design-engineering services. The project includes the drilling of 29 wells and construction of a 140,000-BBL/d semisubmersible floating production platform to produce 140,000 BBL/d of crude and handle 280,000 BBL/d of low-salinity water flooding. Late last year, BP awarded two global agreements to KBR for the provision of conceptual engineering services and for the provision of pre-front end engineering design (FEED) and FEED engineering services. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
KBR has been awarded two revamp contracts by two major companies in Asia's chemicals market. First, LG Chemical Limited (Seoul, South Korea) awarded a technology licensing and basic engineering design contract to KBR for its ethylene plant in Daesan, South Korea. KBR said in a press release that it will provide license and basic engineering design services to expand capacity by 230,000 tonnes per annum to a total of 1.27 million tonnes per annum through the addition of two furnaces and product recovery system modifications. Industrial Info is tracking more than $305 million in active projects at LG Chemical's Daesan facility, including the $131.2 million revamp and a proposed $1.75 million upgrade of the ethylene unit, which would replace coils and radiant tubes at the cracking furnace to improve heat-transfer efficiency. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports on the revamp and upgrade.
Next, Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (Bengaluru, India) has awarded KBR a contract to revamp its ammonia plant in Panambur, India. KBR will provide its ammonia technology to enhance the energy efficiency of the plant. Industrial Info is tracking more than $252 million in active projects at the facility, including the $15.26 million first-phase and $20.6 million second-phase modernizations of the ammonia unit, which will conserve energy and increase production capacity at the unit from 247,000 tonnes to 328,000 tonnes per year. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports on Phase I and Phase II.
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In Australia, KBR is providing design and engineering services for the federal Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure's (DPTI) $180.3 million Stage 2 overhaul of the Torrens Rail Junction in North Adelaide, South Australia. KBR says the project will improve the productivity of the Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth rail line by separating the freight and passenger rail lines that intersect at the junction, and the DPTI says it will boost productivity on the line and reduce delays at level crossings in metropolitan Adelaide. The project is expected to be completed in early 2018. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Earlier this month, KBR said in a press release that it had been awarded a two-year engineering services contract by the North Caspian Operating Company for conceptual studies and pre-front-end engineering services for its projects in the Kazakhstan zone of the Caspian Sea. KBR already is at work on BP plc's (NYSE:BP) (London, England) $600 million second phase of the Shah Deniz II Offshore Natural Gas Platform in the Caspian Sea, offshore Azerbaijan, which involves drilling 26 new wells to boost annual production capacity to 24 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 150,000 barrels of gas condensates, from the existing 8.8 billion cubic meters and 50,000 barrels, respectively. Caspian Drilling Company Limited (Baku, Azerbaijan) and Maersk Drilling (Copenhagen, Denmark) also are serving as contractors. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
"KBR is pleased to have the opportunity to provide our renowned front-end expertise, and engineering and execution excellence, for these significant projects," said Jay Ibrahim, KBR's president for Europe, Middle East and Africa, in a press release about the agreement with North Caspian Operating Company. "This award continues KBR's long-time work in the Caspian region and our enduring relationship with the operators on these off-shore developments."
In addition, BP is making progress on its $9 billion Mad Dog 2 Platform Offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, for which KBR is performing design-engineering services. The project includes the drilling of 29 wells and construction of a 140,000-BBL/d semisubmersible floating production platform to produce 140,000 BBL/d of crude and handle 280,000 BBL/d of low-salinity water flooding. Late last year, BP awarded two global agreements to KBR for the provision of conceptual engineering services and for the provision of pre-front end engineering design (FEED) and FEED engineering services. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
KBR has been awarded two revamp contracts by two major companies in Asia's chemicals market. First, LG Chemical Limited (Seoul, South Korea) awarded a technology licensing and basic engineering design contract to KBR for its ethylene plant in Daesan, South Korea. KBR said in a press release that it will provide license and basic engineering design services to expand capacity by 230,000 tonnes per annum to a total of 1.27 million tonnes per annum through the addition of two furnaces and product recovery system modifications. Industrial Info is tracking more than $305 million in active projects at LG Chemical's Daesan facility, including the $131.2 million revamp and a proposed $1.75 million upgrade of the ethylene unit, which would replace coils and radiant tubes at the cracking furnace to improve heat-transfer efficiency. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports on the revamp and upgrade.
Next, Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (Bengaluru, India) has awarded KBR a contract to revamp its ammonia plant in Panambur, India. KBR will provide its ammonia technology to enhance the energy efficiency of the plant. Industrial Info is tracking more than $252 million in active projects at the facility, including the $15.26 million first-phase and $20.6 million second-phase modernizations of the ammonia unit, which will conserve energy and increase production capacity at the unit from 247,000 tonnes to 328,000 tonnes per year. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports on Phase I and Phase II.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, five offices in North America and 10 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. Follow IIR on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn. For more information on our coverage, send inquiries to info@industrialinfo.com or visit us online at http://www.industrialinfo.com.
