Publications
Aniline
The production of aniline by nitration of benzene and the catalytic hydrogenation of mono-nitrobenzene (MNB) is the dominant production route practiced today. KBR is the exclusive licensor of the DuPont aniline technology, which is currently used in four world-scale facilities. The technology sets the benchmark in the industry for product quality, product yield, process safety and environmental controls. KBR offers comprehensive services including technology licensing, basic and detailed engineering, construction, and support for plant operation such as operator training and start-up services.
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A Catalytic Cracking Process for Ethylene and Propylene from Paraffin Streams
The Advanced Catalytic Olefins (ACO) Process
SK Corporation and KBR have developed a new and innovative catalytic cracking technology called the Advanced Catalytic Olefins (ACO) process to produce ethylene and propylene from predominantly paraffinic streams, such as straight run naphtha. This technology holds promise for replacing the conventional hot ends area of liquid crackers.
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A Realistic Dynamic Modeling Approach to Support LNG Plant Compressor Operations
In LNG plants, refrigeration compressors are among the most critical components in terms of both capital investments and operational costs. Safe, stable and sustained operation of the refrigeration compressors represents a key component of maximizing onstream time and production.
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Ammonia Technology
KBR has been on the leading edge of advanced ammonia technology for the past 60 years. Our ammonia plants, long recognized worldwide for superior performance, serve as cornerstones of the fertilizer industry. The fertilizer industry is vital for the food production necessary to sustain an increasing population.
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Canadian Operations
KBR is a Canadian supplier of construction, turnaround and fabrication services to the refining, petrochemical, power, mining and pulp and paper industries. As one of Canada's most prestigious construction companies, we are committed to health, safety and environment (HSE) practices, and have over half a century of experience implementing, safe, on time, quality projects that are within client cost objectives.
Our full range of services includes construction, construction management, turnaround, shutdown, outage, pipe fabrication and modular assembly. We have a proven track record of delivering successful EPC services and differentiated technology offerings through our global presence. KBR has a legacy of experience executing most major energy and chemicals-driven projects in Alberta.
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Carbon Capture and Storage
Innovative Solutions to Complex Environmental Challenges
In response to environmental concerns over greenhouse gas emissions, KBR helps hydrocarbon processors and power clients recover carbon dioxide (CO2) and inject it for enhanced oil recovery or storage. KBR, a technology-driven engineering, procurement and construction company, has 60 years of experience designing, constructing and optimizing CO2 facilities worldwide.
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Celebrating Sixty Years of Offshore Oil and Gas
KBR was there when the offshore industry was "officially" kicked off. Since designing and installing the first offshore platform out of sight of land for Kerr-McGee in 1947, KBR has remained a company known for its innovative technologies and project execution methods. In fact, KBR has been involved in the design and fabrication of more than 35% of the world's offshore production capacity.
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CNOOC Chemical Ltd. New Fertilizer Plant
In September 2003 CNOOC Chemical Ltd. commissioned a new Ammonia/Urea facility located in Hainan Province, PR of China. The facility began production of ammonia and urea less than three weeks after introduction of natural gas, and thirty months after the contract signing—significant accomplishments for projects of this type.
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Concept of Gas Fields Development in Ob and Taz Bays
Gas presence in the Ob and Taz Bays offshore areas has been confirmed in recent years. Exploratory drilling in the Ob Bay offshore area has shown that there are large gas deposits in Kamennomysskoe-More and Severo-Kamennomysskoe fields. Gas deposits have been also found in the Ob and Chugoryakhinskoye local uplift areas. In the Taz Bay area offshore extensions of onshore Semakov gas field (Aderpayuta structure), Antipayuta field, Tota Yakha field have been mapped based on seismic survey data.
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Consider new technology to produce 'clean' diesel
Demand for diesel and jet fuel is expected to grow, and many refiners are actively focused on the shifting demand from motor gasoline to diesel. While still analyzing possible options, some refining projects will require significant capital investment.
The future of diesel fuel is a topic of much speculation. In markets dominated by fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) - based refineries, the need to increase distillate production has taken on a new dimension, posing interesting challenges, while presenting some unique opportunities.
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Construction & Commissioning of BFPL's 2200 mtpd - World's Largest Purifier™ Ammonia Plant
In early 2006, Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd (BFPL) completed construction and started up of its 2200 MTPD Ammonia Plant – the world’s largest, single train Purifier based ammonia plant. The plant is located on the Burrup Peninsula, near Karratha, in the north west of Western Australia. Commissioning was successfully completed in April 2006 with the inaugural shipment of liquid ammonia departing from the Port of Dampier in June 2006.
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Emerging Markets
As traditional oil and gas energy supplies tighten, customers are considering different sources of energy and new applications of conventional energy resources. Through our focus on emerging markets, we are helping to transform promising, sources of energy for future value. We are committed to the pursuit of sustainable energy and developing the technologies necessary to process clean and renewable energy sources.
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Energy, Petrochemicals and Chemicals
KBR is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up (EPC-CS) services, process technology, consulting and industrial services to the energy, petrochemical and chemical industries. For more than 90 years, we have worked side by side with clients the world over to meet project objectives and help them succeed.
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Floatover Installations on the Rise
An offshore installation method that is nearly 30 years old is generating renewed interest from many operators who are challenged with designing heavy-lift crane installations. According to global engineering company KBR, the floatover installation method is experiencing a steady surge in new contracts, particularly for platforms in remote locations with very heavy topsides.
KBR is one of the pioneers of the floatover installation method, initiating research as far back as 1977 for the North Sea market. The company envisioned developing floatovers as a cheaper and more flexible alternative to heavy-lift installations.
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Fluid Catalytic Cracking
Unsurpassed innovation, performance and reliability
Refiners today face the choice of purchasing light sweet crudes at a premium price or investing in bottom-of-the-barrel upgrading. Yet with stringent environmental requirements and a dwindling supply of quality crudes, upgrading is the logical solution to remain competitive.
Rigorous testing, ongoing research, catalyst evaluation, feedstock characteristics and product yield assessment make KBR a cut above.
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Gas Monetization
KBR has safely and successfully designed and constructed more than half of the world's operating liquefied natural gas (LNG) production capacity. And as an experienced EPC company, we have participated in all but one competitively bid grassroots LNG projects since 1976.
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Gas-to-Liquids (GTL)
Gas to liquids (GTL) is a rapidly emerging technology that converts natural gas into premium liquid hydrocarbons. KBR brings to this market our differentiated, global capabilities to complete extremely large, complex, technically challenging projects on schedule under the most rigorous
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Granherne - Finding a Better Way
At Granherne, we challenge… and have a unique ability to produce new perspectives, insight and value. Working closely with our clients, we look at old – and new – problems with fresh eyes so as to understand client needs, and the business proposition.
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GVA - To be a true world leader, first you must master the oceans
With experience from over 100 projects in more than 20 countries, GVA is the world-leading marine and offshore design company for semi-submersibles and other floating units. Based on the experience of more than 100 engineers deployed within conceptual design, naval architecture, structural design, marine and drilling systems, we provide high-value design solutions to each and every project.
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GVA Tech Sheets
- GVA 100 DS Drilling Ship
- GVA 3000 Semi-submersible drilling rig
- GVA 3800 Compact Deep Water Drilling Semi-submersible
- GVA 4000 Semi-submersible drilling rig
- GVA 4500 Drilling Semi-submersible of well proven design
- GVA 5800 Heavy Duty Deep Water Drilling Semi-submersible
- GVA 7500 6th Generation Drilling Semi-submersible
- GVA 7500 Arctic Semi-submersible drilling rig
- GVA 10 000 Semi-submersible drilling rig
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GVA Tech Sheets
- GVA 5000 Semi-submersible Production and Drilling Unit
- GVA 70 Semi-submersible Production Unit
- GVA 4500 Semi-submersible Production Unit
- GVA 8000 Semi-submersible Production Unit
- GVA 8000 Semi-submersible Production Unit
- GVA 40000 Semi-submersible Production and Drilling Unit
- GVA 50 Semi-submersible Production Unit
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Holding the Key
Discusses counter current regeneration for residue upgrade as the key to low emissions and controlled investment cost.
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Industrial Services
KBR is a global supplier of on-site maintenance, turnarounds and small capital construction to the petrochemical, refining, pulp and paper and energy industries. As one of the world’s most prestigious engineering, construction and services companies, KBR has over a century of experience implementing safe, on time, quality projects that are within client budget and scheduling objectives.
Our full range of plant services includes startup, commissioning and procurement, facility services, small capital projects, supplemental maintenance, total maintenance management, reliability, supply chain solutions, electrical and instrumentation and turnaround solutions.
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Instrument Technology International
With over 25 years experience recruiting I/E support, KBR subsidiary Instrument Technology International (ITI) staffs projects from front-end development through construction, checkout, commissioning, start-up, operational phases and post-operational maintenance, offering facilities a single-point of contact.
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KBR Constructing Nigeria and Beyond
Petroleum Africa met up with KBR's Arturo Aranda, Vice President of Project Management – Africa to discuss some of the challenges and trends in construction and engineering for the oil and gas industry, and to gain further insights into KBR's Africa activity.
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KBR LNG Firsts
"We have been at the forefront of the LNG industry for 30 years and continue to find innovative solutions for tomorrow's challenges."
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KBR VP Helps Revitalize Domestic Construction Services
When Randy Walker retired from KBR in 1996, the thought of returning to the company where he had spent more than 25 years never crossed his mind. However, in 2007, Walker became one of the many KBR retirees who, after hearing that the company had separated from Halliburton and decided to revitalize its presence in the domestic construction market, is once again punching the time clock at KBR's Houston headquarters.
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LNG Liquefaction Not All Plants Are Created Equal
As the LNG industry has matured, there is often an inclination to compare the successes and challenges among projects over time. Many publications have fallen into the habit of using a specific cost term of "dollars (USD) per ton of annual LNG production" as an indicator for comparing the engineering and execution skills of owners, licensors and contractors. This dollar per annual ton benchmark, commonly abbreviated as "dollars per ton" is highly dependent on site specific factors.
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LNG Technology for the Commercially Minded
As the LNG industry continues to grow there is a steady influx of new players in the business. Most would classify themselves as technical or commercial with respect to their primary responsibilities, and for better or for worse, most have little exposure to the other discipline. Thus, there are process engineers with little understanding of the financial terms and conditions of a project, and commercial people who may understand technical aspects of their specific project but may not be aware of other available processing options.
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Moving the Virtual Mountain
For the giant ACG development in the Caspian Sea, engineering contractor KBR was faced with an unprecedented challenge in successfully keeping control of the mountain of electronic documents and data moving through the ether.
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Natural Gas Specification Challenges in the LNG Industry
LNG is primarily methane, but in most cases also contains ethane, propane and heavier components. Until recently potential buyers of LNG had some flexibility in the ranges of natural gas properties they were able to accept. In many cases the LNG buyer exported electric power and not natural gas, and therefore did not have to meet the needs of natural gas consumers. But now new markets are opening up where pipelines to consumers already exist, and the consumers have specifications which lie outside the range of the LNG produced at many locations.
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NExOCTANE
The NExOCTANE process selectively converts isobutylene to iso-octane, which results in the highest quality commercially available product. Iso-octane is a cost effective and higher value replacement of MTBE than alkylate or polymerate. Iso-octane (and iso-octene) offer excellent blending characteristics in gasoline, such as low vapor pressure (RVP). The olefinic product provides an especially good octane blending contribution.
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Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities
Offshore and subsea projects are complex. Risk can occur at anytime, anywhere – from politics to public relations to procurement and construction. External market factors can cause capital expenditures and operating costs to escalate without warning.
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Oil and Gas Facilities and Pipelines
As hydrocarbon resources become scarce, national and integrated oil companies rely on their engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors to deliver constructability, operability, safety and cost savings through engineering design.
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On Common Ground
Discusses the companies' recent Skikda project and long standing relationship.
Sonatrach had good reason to act swiftly in 2004. The Algerian state owned oil and gas company needed to replace three LNG trains totaling 3.2 million tpy that an explosion and fire destroyed. Rebuilding the site was vital to the community and would take several years and several billion dollars now that project costs were escalating along with the price of crude oil.
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Optimising Hydrogen and Chemicals Production from the Transport Gasifier™
The KBR Transport Gasifier™ is an advanced circulating fluidized bed reactor. It is designed to operate at high solids circulation rates and gas velocities, giving improved mixing, high mass and heat transfer rates, and high throughput. This advanced coal gasifier has been tested and proven at the Power Systems Development Facility (PSDF) in Wilsonville, AL.
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Phenol
KBR has been involved in leading-edge phenol technology for over 50 years and has completed more than 50 phenol projects worldwide. KBR's phenol technology team provides services to clients including technology licensing and support in the initial planning phase of projects, through process design, engineering and construction of phenol plants. Once the plant is onstream, KBR provides technical services to continually optimize production and meet client goals.
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Processing Considerations for Carbon Capture & Storage
As Industry and the public at large focus its attention on Carbon Capture and Storage as a means of stabilising and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, there are still only a few facilities world-wide in which this technology is actively being practiced. Operating facilities include the Sleipner, Norway and the In Salah Gas Algeria developments. In the latter in excess of 1 million tonnes per year of CO2 is compressed and injected into a subterranean aquifer.
This paper discusses some of the features of CO2 capture facility design that are peculiar to carbon dioxide. This includes selection of gas drying, compression and piping systems, and their optimization.
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Providing trusted solutions to the energy industry
In the Europe, Africa, Middle East, Russian and FSU regions we have provided solutions for major field developments leading to successful outcomes of world class project developments. Granherne challenges preconceived ideas and existing methods – it's the best way we know to maximize opportunity and minimize risk.
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Refining
We are a leader in the petroleum refining market, having designed or constructed more than 60 grassroots refineries and over 1000 refining units in the past 50 years. Our extensive knowledge and expertise in key petroleum refining processes, such as residuum upgrading, fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) and hydro processing, provides a full spectrum of technologies for upgrading of heavy oils and residues and clean fuels production.
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Residuum Oil Supercritical Extraction (ROSE™)
Driving refinery capacity and accelerating greater returns
Global supply for high-octane gasoline, light fuel oils and olefinrich light gases such as propylene rests exclusively on refineries that process heavy crudes. Yet demand could override refining capacity as stringent emission requirements force refineries to upgrade in order to compete. This is where KBR can help. Our ROSE™ technology gives refiners the competitive edge by turning even the heaviest and sourest crude into high-quality refined products.
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Revamp of Liaohe's Ammonia Plant with KRES Technology to Reduce Natural Gas Usage
Shenzhen Liaohe Tongda Chemicals Co. Ltd. (Liaohe) has been operating a conventional KBR technology based 1000 MTPD ammonia plant since 1978 at Panjin City in Liaoning province China. The plant has been facing a natural gas supply curtailment leading to very low capacity utilization and reduced production.
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SCORE™
SCORE™ combines the expertise and experience of KBR and ExxonMobil to
offer the petrochemical industry state-of-the-art steamcracking technology.
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SUPERFLEXSM
SUPERFLEXSM is a commercially-proven technology for converting low-value olefinic streams to higher value propylene and ethylene. The technology can be readily integrated in your refinery or petrochemical complex to enhance profitability, operational flexibility and to meet market driven product demand.
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Technology Center
KBR Technology Center (KBRTC) offers clients a collaborative environment to optimize existing technologies and develop new solutions for commercial use. While we support KBR's current and future technology requirements and investigate new offerings, we also work closely with clients- as a partner or on a collaborative basis-to help bring processes to commercial reality.
KBRTC is a highly focused, market-driven facility that is fully integrated with our corporate headquarters. Our experts possess a broad understanding of customer challenges, and provide innovative solutions that reduce risks in large-scale facilities.
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To Vacuum or Not to Vacuum
Vasant Patel, Rashid Iqbal and Odette Eng, KBR, USA, discuss residue upgrading options involving solvent extraction, with and without using a vacuum column.
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Transforming Resources Into Value - LNG
We continue to be the leading international contractor for natural gas liquefaction plants, as evidenced by our unparalleled success in the design, engineering and construction of large projects in challenging locations. Alone or with our joint venture partners, we have designed and built over half the global LNG liquefaction capacity in operation between 1976 and 2006.
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Transforming Resources into Value - Upstream Oil & Gas
Since building the first offshore platform out of sight of land in 1947, KBR has been creating large-scale, technically complex onshore and offshore oil and gas production facilities located in all regions of the world. KBR continues to develop innovative technologies and project execution methods to help our clients economically execute projects in some of the most challenging environments on earth.
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TRIG™ - Leading the Way to the Next Generation of Coal-Based Energy
The challenges facing the energy industry in the 21st century demand new ways of looking at how electricity is generated. Coal gasification, a method for converting coal into clean, useable energy, is one alternative for meeting growing electric demand. TRIG™ – Transport Integrated Gasification – is at the forefront of technology-based solutions.
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Unlocking Current Refinery Constraints
When processing heavy feeds, technology based on residuum supercritical solvent extraction provides higher volumes of gas oil and DAO for conversion units. Potential constraints through existing vacuum and coker units can also be resolved.
The escalating demand for petroleum-refined products and high differentials between light and heavy crude oils have increased the usage of heavier crude oils.
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US Construction Operations
As a global EPC company, KBR recruits, processes and delivers thousands of people to jobsites worldwide. These efforts our backed by our ability to deploy teams swiftly, execute, commission and demobilize rapid-response construction projects quickly. Companies that need highly skilled construction teams fast rely on our ability to recruit rapidly from overseas demobilization, company networking and our applicant database of 250,000. For example, we have deployed over 30,000 craft employees globally and over 2,000 along the Gulf Coast.
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