KBR Awarded Ammonia Plant Revamp in India

HOUSTON, Nov. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) announced today it has been awarded an ammonia plant revamp contract by Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd (RCF).

Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide a technology license and basic engineering design for the RCF ammonia plant at Trombay, Maharashtra, India. During this project, the existing Ammonia 5 plant will be revamped for energy savings to meet the new energy requirements in India.

KBR will utilize its proprietary Purifier(TM) technology which delivers the lowest proven energy consumption in the industry, reduces capital costs and improves overall plant operations.

"Partnering with a government fertilizer company such as RCF to help them meet their new energy requirements is an important milestone project for KBR in India," said John Derbyshire, President KBR Technology & Consulting. "This shows the immense amount of confidence and faith that clients have in KBR ammonia technology solutions."

KBR is a leader across the world in ammonia technology and has been involved in the licensing, design, engineering, and/or construction of more than 230 grass roots ammonia plants and over 100 revamp ammonia projects globally.

Revenue associated with this project has been booked into backlog for KBR's Technology and Consulting Business Segment in 2017.

About KBR, Inc.

KBR is a global provider of differentiated professional services and technologies across the asset and program life cycle within the Government Services and Hydrocarbons sectors. KBR employs over 34,000 people worldwide (including our joint ventures), with customers in more than 80 countries, and operations in 40 countries, across three synergistic global businesses:

    --  Government Services, serving government customers globally, including
        capabilities that cover the full life-cycle of defense, space, aviation
        and other government programs and missions from research and
        development, through systems engineering, test and evaluation, program
        management, to operations, maintenance, and field logistics
    --  Technology & Consulting, including proprietary technology focused on the
        monetization of hydrocarbons (especially natural gas and natural gas
        liquids) in ethylene and petrochemicals; ammonia, nitric acid and
        fertilizers; oil refining; gasification; oil and gas consulting;
        integrity management; naval architecture and proprietary hulls; and
        downstream consulting
    --  Engineering & Construction, including onshore oil and gas; LNG
        (liquefaction and regasification)/GTL; oil refining; petrochemicals;
        chemicals; fertilizers; differentiated EPC; maintenance services (Brown
        & Root Industrial Services); offshore oil and gas (shallow-water,
        deep-water, subsea); floating solutions (FPU, FPSO, FLNG & FSRU) and
        program management

KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, integrated EPC delivery and long term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver.

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