KBR, Inc. announced it has been awarded a contract by SATORP (a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Total) to debottleneck Train 2 of its existing 440,000 barrels per day refinery in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The debottlenecking project is expected to increase the original refinery's throughput by 15% once completed in August 2020.

"We value the partnership we have with SATORP which has been built on KBR's strong delivery track record," said Jay Ibrahim, KBR President, Hydrocarbons – Energy Services. "This award signifies SATORP's trust in KBR to deliver this schedule critical project to support the upcoming major refinery turnaround in 2020."

"It is our objective to not only deliver this project within schedule but also with Zero Harm to our people and the environment," Ibrahim continued.

China based Wison Engineering has been appointed by KBR as their subcontractor on this project.

"We have been impressed with Wison's experience in executing similar sized debottlenecking projects in KSA, which have all been completed ahead of schedule but more importantly safely, with zero lost time incidents," said Ibrahim.

With over 90 years of industry experience in the global energy sector, KBR is recognized as a global leader in providing a wide range of services from stand-alone refining studies to front end engineering design, project management, EPC turnkey solutions and fully outsourced maintenance solutions.

About KBR, Inc.

KBR (NYSE: KBR) is a global provider of differentiated professional services and technologies across the asset and program lifecycle within the Government Services and Hydrocarbons sectors. KBR employs approximately 34,000 people worldwide (including our joint ventures), with customers in more than 75 countries, and operations in 40 countries, across three synergistic global businesses:

- Government Services, serving government customers globally, including capabilities that cover the full lifecycle of defense, space, aviation and other government programs and missions from research and development, through systems engineering, test and evaluation, program management, to operations, maintenance, and field logistics
- Technology, including proprietary technology focused on the monetization of hydrocarbons (especially natural gas and natural gas liquids) in ethylene and petrochemicals; ammonia, nitric acid and fertilizers; oil refining and gasification
- Hydrocarbons Services, including onshore oil and gas; LNG (liquefaction and regasification)/GTL; oil refining; petrochemicals; chemicals; fertilizers; differentiated EPC; maintenance services (Brown & Root Industrial Services); offshore oil and gas (shallow-water, deep-water, subsea); floating solutions (FPU, FPSO, FLNG & FSRU); program management and consulting services.

About SATOTP

SATORP is a world-class refinery started operation in June 2014. The environmentally friendly that Jubail Refinery is producing a high proportion of white products from heavy crude oil. The refinery is one of the most advanced refineries in the world.