HOUSTON, TX - (BUSINESS WIRE) - March 10, 2010
-- KBR (
NYSE: KBR) announced today that it has been awarded a contract
with BP-Husky to provide engineering, procurement and other project
related services for BP-Husky Refining LLC's $400 Million Reformer 3
equipment upgrade of its Toledo Refinery located in Oregon, Ohio.
KBR
will provide design and support services needed for the project,
replacing two existing naphtha reformers and a hydrogen plant with a
single, state-of-the art reformer. The new unit is expected to increase
the refinery's gasoline yields, increase co-product hydrogen production
and improve overall plant reliability. Additionally, the new equipment
will assist the refinery in meeting future environmental regulations,
with an anticipated air emissions reduction of more than five percent.
The award of this work follows KBR's completion of front end
engineering for the project for BP-Husky. Work will be executed out of
KBR's Houston and Monterrey, Mexico offices.
"As a long-time
client of KBR, we are proud that BP has once again selected KBR as
their contractor of choice for the Toledo project," said John Quinn,
President, KBR Downstream. "This project is an important one for the
current refining market, and KBR's project team will work with our
valued client to achieve the successful execution of this facility
upgrade."
KBR is a global engineering, construction and
services company supporting the energy, hydrocarbon, government
services, minerals, civil infrastructure, power and industrial markets.
For more information, visit www.kbr.com.
Contacts:KBR
Director, Communications
Heather Browne, 713-753-3775
heather.browne@kbr.comor
Director, Investor Relations
Rob Kukla, Jr., 713-753-5082
investors@kbr.com Source: KBR