KBR - Downstream Engineering, Construction and Services

KBR downstream technologies are world-renowned for long-term reliability, superior operability and lower installed cost. In addition to offering leading process technologies, we provide global engineering, procurement, construction and project-management resources that can execute projects in any location worldwide for plants using either our proprietary technologies or other technology offerings.

FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING UNITS

A leader in petroleum refining for the past 50 years and a specialist in heavy, low-value hydrocarbons, KBR offers a variety of refining solutions to help you squeeze the most value from every barrel. A pioneer in Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) technology, KBR has designed more than a dozen FCC units and revamped more than 160 FCC units worldwide.

RESIDUUM OIL SUPERCRITICAL EXTRACTION DEASPHALTING TECHNOLOGY

Our market-leading Residuum Oil Supercritical Extraction (ROSE™) deasphalting technology helps refiners worldwide achieve higher yields of high-value transportation fuels with 50% less energy usage compared to conventional deasphalting.

PETROCHEMICALS AND CHEMICALS

Whether it's a modern large-scale grassroots plant, a revamp or a process unit, KBR has the skill sets to meet the needs of global petrochemical operators offering EPC and project management services with our independent proprietary technologies. Our Selective Cracking Optimum Recovery (SCORE™) technology, offered through a licensing agreement with ExxonMobil, can produce from 4% to 12% more ethylene than typical designs, with less energy input per unit of ethylene produced.

KBR's SUPERFLEX™ propylene technology converts low-value olefins streams into high-value propylene and ethylene for polymers production as well as components for clean fuels. Typically, SUPERFLEX produces olefins with a two-to-one propylene / ethylene ratio – the exact opposite of most liquid-based ethylene plants.

KBR offers a range of chemical technologies – including aniline, phenol, N-paraffins and NExOCTANE™ – that can help clients bridge the gap between commodity petrochemicals and intermediate chemicals that utilize more feedstock and command higher prices.

SYNGAS PREPARATION AND PURIFICATION, AND AMMONIA SYNTHESIS

KBR has a portfolio of ammonia technology options from which we select the best combination to meet your technical and economic needs. We offer flow sheet options for the three main sections of the plant – syngas preparation, syngas purification and ammonia synthesis.

One flow sheet option that minimizes energy consumption has demonstrated that it consumes less than 6.5Gcal/t, the industry benchmark. Complementing KBR ammonia technologies is a full range of services from project development and feasibility studies, through execution and start-up, operation and maintenance, and advance process automation.

COAL GASIFICATION TECHNOLOGY

KBR's Transport Integrated Gasifier (TRIG™) technology offers a better way for power generation and chemical production from the world's plentiful low-grade coals. Not only does it effectively handle low-rank sub-bituminous and lignite coal, which comprises some 60% of world fossil energy reserves, KBR's process is expected to deliver power commercially at a cost lower than that of the most advanced coal-fired plants.

KBR offers a range of services in this market – from technology and Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) through to full EPC services, commissioning and start-up.

CO2 CAPTURE AND STORAGE SYSTEMS

KBR offers a variety of solutions for capturing, compressing, transporting and storing CO2 based on more than 60 years' experience with urea plants. For one major gas-development project we used a method known as geologic storage to capture and isolate excess carbon dioxide and inject it into a brine formation a mile below the surface.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The KBR Technology Center has invested in research and development since the mid-1920s when Morris Kellogg started the industry's first research laboratory. The center contains numerous pilot plant and pilot plant fabrication facilities to improve our existing technologies and develop and commercialize new technology for the energy and chemicals industry.