KBR Awarded Contract by INDORAMA-Owned Eleme Petrochemicals Co. Ltd. for Ethylene Plant Upgrade

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by INDORAMA-owned Eleme Petrochemicals Co. Ltd (Eleme) to provide technology licensing and engineering services related to the revamp of Eleme’s Port Harcourt, Nigeria ethylene plant.

“This contract award demonstrates KBR Technology’s commitment to delivering innovative process technology solutions that add value to customers throughout the plant lifecycle and reaffirms our technology presence worldwide.”

KBR will provide an extended basic engineering design package for the partial revamp of six Millisecond furnaces to incorporate its SCORE^TM technology features. The plant was originally designed and engineered by KBR, and came onstream in 1995. The goal of the revamp is to enhance the operating performance and reliability of the existing fifteen-year-old furnaces, improve run lengths and improve overall performance and reliability. The project will continue through the restarting of revamped furnaces with a series of follow-on services under an existing Technical Services Agreement between the two companies.

“KBR is pleased to partner with Eleme on its critical plant revamp project,” said Tim Challand, President, KBR Technology. “This contract award demonstrates KBR Technology’s commitment to delivering innovative process technology solutions that add value to customers throughout the plant lifecycle and reaffirms our technology presence worldwide.”

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