KBR News

Heather L. Browne
Director, Corporate Communications
KBR
601 Jefferson
Houston, TX 77002
heather.browne@kbr.com
(p) 713.753.2827
Sara Engdahl
Senior Manager, External Communications
KBR
601 Jefferson
Houston, TX 77002
sara.engdahl@kbr.com
(p) 713.753.2827

KBR Awarded Contract by Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company for Operator Training Simulator

KBR announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company (SAUDI KAYAN) to develop and implement an Operator Training Simulator (OTS) for its grassroots phenol plant located in Saudi Arabia. Read More...

KBR Awarded FEED Contract by Chevron for Big Foot Topsides Project

KBR today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Chevron USA Inc. for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of the topsides for the proposed Big Foot development facility. The Big Foot field is located in the Walker Ridge Block 29 of the Gulf of Mexico and is owned by Chevron USA Inc. (operator), Statoil Gulf of Mexico LLC and Marubeni Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. The proposed facility will be installed in 5,300 feet of water approximately 200 miles from New Orleans and 35 miles south of Chevron’s producing Tahiti field. Read More...

KBR to Participate at the Goldman Sachs 2009 Global Industrials Conference

KBR announced today that it will participate at Goldman Sachs’ 2009 Global Industrials Conference on Thursday, November 5, 2009, at 8:00 AM Eastern Time (7:00 AM Central Time). Read More...

KBR Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results

KBR announced today that third quarter 2009 net income attributable to KBR was $73 million, or $0.45 per diluted share, compared to net income attributable to KBR of $85 million, or $0.51 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2008. Net income attributable to KBR for the third quarter of 2008 included income from discontinued operations of $11 million, or $0.07 per diluted share resulting from foreign tax credits related to the sale of KBR's 51% ownership interest in Devonport Management Limited. Read More...