KBR Subsidiary GVA Consultants Announces New Appointments to Management Team

Houston, Texas - December 10, 2007 - KBR (NYSE:KBR) announced today that its subsidiary, GVA Consultants (GVA-C) has appointed Holger Eriksson as managing director and Peter Larsson as business development director for the company.

The appointments are part of GVA-C's objectives to strengthen its operations within the naval engineering and offshore industries and widen the company's scope of services over the next year. The appointments also support the company's expansion into other market segments of floating production systems, where it is currently involved in two Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) conversion projects.

"This is an exciting time to be part of GVA-C as our engineering staff continues to grow to support our clients and current projects," said Eriksson. "GVA-C has substantial naval architecture knowledge and expertise that can be applied on all types of floating installations."

Eriksson has more than 25 years of experience in the offshore and shipbuilding industries and was previously project manager for GVA-C's shipyard and project manager for the British Petroleum's Atlantis project.

With more than 25 years of experience in the offshore industry, Larsson was previously project manager for Consafe Engineering and sales and marketing manager for Emtunga Offshore.

GVA Consultants, a wholly-owned subsidiary of KBR, is a marine and offshore consultancy with more than 20 years of experience in the design and construction of floating drilling and production units. More than 50 percent of all newly-built submersible production units worldwide are designed by GVA Consultants. For more information, visit www.gvac.se.

KBR is a global engineering, construction and services company supporting the energy, petrochemicals, government services and civil infrastructure sectors. The company offers a wide range of services through its Downstream, Government and Infrastructure, Services, Technology, Upstream and Ventures business segments. For more information, visit www.kbr.com.

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