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KBR Awarded Construction Contract for Chevron's Base Oil Project in Pascagoula, MS
KBR (NYSE: KBR) today announced it has been awarded a $65 million contract by Chevron Products Company to execute a Base Oil expansion project at Chevron's refinery in Pascagoula, MS. The construction project includes building a new lubes hydrocracker and a lube dewaxing / hydrofinishing unit. KBR intends to hire staff locally for the execution of this project. Work is expected to begin in May, and upon completion, the facility is expected to be one of the largest premium base oil plants in the world.

KBR Awarded Detailed Design Engineering Contract for Jack & St. Malo Floating Production Unit by Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
KBR (NYSE:KBR) today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to execute detailed design engineering for the Jack & St. Malo floating production unit (FPU) located in the Lower Tertiary trend in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Jack and St. Malo fields are located within 25 miles (40 km) of one another approximately 280 miles (450 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, in water depths of 7,000 feet (2,100 m).

KBR Awarded EPC Contract by KiOR, Inc. for Biomass-to-Renewable Crude Project in the United States
KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by KiOR, Inc. (KiOR) to build a first-of-its-kind biomass-to-renewable crude facility to be located in Columbus, Miss. The facility is designed to process approximately 500 tons per day of wood biomass and produce over 11 million gallons of fuel per year.

KBR to Implement ROSE(R) Technology for Luberef Yanbu Refinery Revamp
KBR (NYSE: KBR) today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco Lubricating Oil Refining Co. (Luberef) to implement KBR's proprietary Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) Technology, ROSE(R), for Luberef's Yanbu Refinery Expansion Project in Saudi Arabia.

KBR Joint Venture Awarded FEED Contract for Browse LNG Project
KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that KLH Australia-Browse Joint Venture (KLH Australia), a joint venture between KBR, Leighton Contractors and John Holland, has been awarded a FEED contract by Woodside for the company's Browse Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Development in Western Australia.

KBR Awarded Conceptual Study and Project Management Services for the New Mbini Refinery in Equatorial Guinea
KBR (NYSE: KBR) today announced that it has been awarded a contract by The Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea to provide a Conceptual Study and associated Project Management Services for the development of a low complexity, modular 20,000 barrel per day (BPD) refinery at Mbini in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, West Africa.

KBR Awarded FEED and Project Management Services Contract by Saudi Aramco for the Jazan Refinery and Marine Terminal Project
KBR (NYSE: KBR) today announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED), and Project Management Services (PMS) for its grassroots Jazan refinery, an anticipated 400,000 barrels per day (BPD) facility to be located in Jazan, Saudi Arabia.

KBR to Execute Detailed Design of Chevron Big Foot Topsides
KBR (NYSE:KBR) today announced that it has been selected by Chevron USA Inc. to execute the detailed design for the Chevron Big Foot Topsides project. 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) and other working interest owners. The proposed facility will be installed in approximately 5,200 feet of water approximately 225 miles from New Orleans and 35 miles south of Chevron's producing Tahiti field.

KBR Subsidiary to Execute Pre-FEED Study for Bonaparte LNG Project
KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that its consulting subsidiary, Granherne, has been selected by GDF SUEZ Bonaparte Pty. Ltd. (GDF SUEZ) to execute the Upstream pre-Front End Engineering and Design (pre-FEED) study for the Bonaparte Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project, a proposed floating liquefaction plant to be located in the Bonaparte Basin, Northern Territory, Australia. The project, being developed through a joint venture between GDF SUEZ and Santos Ltd., has a planned LNG capacity of two million tonnes per annum (mtpa).

KBR Completes Acquisition of Affiliate Interests in M.W. Kellogg Limited (MWKL) from JGC Corporation
KBR (NYSE:KBR) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the 44.94 percent share interest in M.W. Kellogg Limited (MWKL) previously held by JGC Corporation (TSE:1963). With the completion of the transaction, MWKL, which was previously an affiliate of both companies since 1992, is again a wholly-owned KBR subsidiary. The Agreement to enter into the transaction was previously announced on December 20, 2010. The purchase price was £106.6 million (approximately US$165 million), subject to certain post-closing adjustments.